[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: More patches to www.debian.org/Bugs



This patch fixes #337700.


Don Armstrong

-- 
There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved
by brute strength and ignorance.
 -- William's Law

http://www.donarmstrong.com              http://rzlab.ucr.edu
Index: Developer.wml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/Bugs/Developer.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -r1.63 Developer.wml
--- Developer.wml	13 Nov 2005 13:16:01 -0000	1.63
+++ Developer.wml	26 May 2006 08:51:14 -0000
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
   <dd>This bug particularly applies to the woody distribution.
 
 <dt><code>sarge</code>
-  <dd>This bug particularly applies to the sarge distribution.
+  <dd>This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in sarge
 
 <dt><code>sarge-ignore</code>
   <dd>This release-critical bug is to be ignored for the purposes of
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
   them.</strong>
 
 <dt><code>etch</code>
-  <dd>This bug particularly applies to the (unreleased) etch distribution.
+  <dd>This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in etch
 
 <dt><code>etch-ignore</code>
   <dd>This release-critical bug is to be ignored for the purposes of
@@ -277,18 +277,17 @@
   them.</strong>
 
 <dt><code>sid</code>
-  <dd>This bug particularly applies to an architecture that is currently
-  unreleased (that is, in the sid distribution).
+  <dd>This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in sid
 
 <dt><code>experimental</code>
-  <dd>This bug particularly applies to the experimental distribution.
+  <dd>This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in experimental
 
 </dl>
 
-<p>The latter five tags are intended to be used mainly for release critical
-bugs, for which it's important to know which distributions are affected to
-make sure fixes (or removals) happen in the right place.
-
+<p>The meanings of the latter 6 tags have changed recently; the ignore
+  tags ignore the bug for the purpose of a testing propogation. The
+  release tags, which use to indicate which bugs affected a specific
+  release now indicate when a bug can be archived.
 
 <H2><A name="forward">Recording that you have passed on a bug report</A></H2>
 

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: