Bug#189157: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting: It is not clear how/if bugs are forwarded upstream
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 10:59:52AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> > > Comments welcomed:
> > >
> > > --- Reporting.wml 13 Apr 2003 15:15:42 -0000 1.36
> > > +++ Reporting.wml 20 Apr 2003 20:21:59 -0000
> > > @@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
> > >
> > > <p>If you'd like to send a copy of your bug report to additional recipients
> > > (such as mailing lists), you shouldn't use the usual e-mail headers, but
> > > -<a href="#xcc">a different method, described below</a>.</p>
> > > +<a href="#xcc">a different method, described below</a>. Please note
> > > +that it is normally not recommended to report a bug both to the debian
> > > +bug tracking system and the program's original bug address (or other
> > > +bug tracking systems like bugzilla or Sourceforge.net's one): The
> > > +maintainer will forward your report when needed. This helps to
> > > +avoid duplicate reports.</p>
> >
> > Personally I don't think we should be as explicit as that. We may not
> > actually have consensus among developers for such a statement, and I can
> > certainly think of cases where filing some bugs upstream rather than having
> > the Debian maintainer sort them out first would be preferable.
>
> What do then? Mark it as wontfix or leave it alone? Other proposals?
Leave it alone until I (or someone else) get my head together to think of a
sufficiently non-intrusive version :)
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