On 07/10/2017 01:38 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 07/10/2017 07:00 AM, Pirate Praveen wrote: >> [Moving to -devel] > > Not sure why, as this seems to be a release matter. Because I wanted to get inputs from other developers on how to proceed. >> I'd like this fix >> (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=865316) to be part of >> 9.1, but one of the maintainers of the package seems to not agree with >> the severity [1]. It is already fixed upstream and updated package is >> prepared. > > It needs to be fixed in unstable first, anyway. Similarly I only see > inaction on the bug, not disagreement. (What you linked to as "[1]" is > different.) The fix itself feels fairly straightforward, given that it's > a consensual revert applied upstream. "a single bug, with inflated severity", the maintainer did not agree with the severity. Inaction means, its severity is not accepted, is what I understood. If there is an RC bug, you either fix it soon or accept patches when someone fixes it. > I think this could be suitable for stable, but I'd suggest to you to > hash out the potential disagreement[2] in private mail to the > maintainers rather than on project-wide mailing lists (not even cc'ing > them). Well, I first tried, the BTS, which they should be reading, then I posted in their IRC channel, which did not receive any response, then I try to join their alioth team, which was not accepted. I think I made reasonable efforts to reach out to them directly. > Kind regards > Philipp Kern > > [2] I'm not even sure there is any. >
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