Bug#189157: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting: It is not clear how/if bugs are forwarded upstream
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 08:45:40PM +0200, Remco Seesink wrote:
> Hello,
>
> While reporting several bugs I often wondered if the bugs are forwarded to
> the upstream developers by the package maintainer, or if I should do this
> myself. I have found out that the tag upstream means the bug is not debian
> specific, and that the tag forwarded means that the bug has been forwarded
> to upstream developers. I think this should be described at:
> http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
I think forwarding of bugs is not mentioned in Bugs/Reporting but
Bugs/Developer, because you should _not_ do it. It's the task of
the maintainer to decide this.
I read the paragraph about tags as: "Do it, if you really know what your
doing and if it's obvious. In doubt: Don't do it." I think, mostly
this feature is used for patch and security.
Perhaps someone can clarify this paragraph a bit but IMHO further changes
are not needed.
Other opinions?
Frank
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