The following patch clarifies what bugnum-submitter@b.d.o actually does; closes #277797. Don Armstrong -- I'd never hurt another living thing. But if I did... It would be you. -- Chris Bishop http://www.chrisbishop.com/her/archives/her69.html http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
Index: Developer.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/Bugs/Developer.wml,v retrieving revision 1.57 diff -u -r1.57 Developer.wml --- Developer.wml 24 Jul 2005 17:12:50 -0000 1.57 +++ Developer.wml 30 Jul 2005 08:36:34 -0000 @@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ package maintainer, file the reply with the rest of the logs for that bug report and forward it to <CODE>debian-bugs-dist</CODE>.</P> -<P>A developer may explicitly mail the bug's submitter with an email to -<var>nnn</var><code>-submitter@bugs.debian.org</code>.</p> +<p>Sending a message to <var>nnn</var><code>-submitter\@$gEmailDomain</code> +will explicitly email the submitter of the bug and place a copy in the +$gBug tracking system. The message will not be sent to package maintainer. <P>If you wish to send a followup message which is not appropriate for <CODE>debian-bugs-dist</CODE> you can do so by sending it to
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