Greg Stark wrote: >> From: "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> >> To: 24717-done@bugs.debian.org >> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:06:20 +0200 >> Subject: closing #24717 >> Very old bug, we have nothing to do with it. Closing. Reopen if you object. > > I'm sorry, I can't make heads or tails of this message. > > "We have nothing to do with it" normally means that "we" isn't > involved in "it" in any way. But who is "we" and what is "it" in this > sentence? Ok, more details: This is 8+ year old bug, with no interest of apt maintainers. And this is reasonable IMO, because system has to be in consistent state all the time. If something in upgrade went bad, apt should just die without a delay so problem is discovered and preferably addressed now, not after ten minutes or next day. Moreover, proposed variants of solution (see merged bugs) were marked by previous apt developers as bad and risky. > If "we" is the apt maintainers and "it" is the bug then Yes > who would be a more relevant group to address an apt problem to? I doubt you can find a more relevant group. You may however complain of this decision on debian-devel mailing list. If you just object to closing this bug without fixing it, will reopening + marking "wontfix" satisfy you? -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ developer, Debian Maintainer, APT contributor
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