Re: Fixing bugs

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

> [cc'ing debian-devel for wider discussion, and Richard's opinion]
> 
> >>>>> "Julian" == Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> Julian> Does this mean you're the new maintainer?  If so, didn't you
> 
> Yes, see the changelog.

I thought that was the case -- just wanted to be sure.

> Julian> mean to close the bugs (close 35300) rather than to downgrade
> Julian> them to fixed (severity 35300 fixed)?
> 
> No, the bugs are not yet fixed in the *slink* archive.  Since the bugs
> are not in the slink archive, they are not closed for slink.  This is
> how I retain the bug log relevant to the archive maintainer in case
> they're unsure that the bug is worth fixing in slink.  Otherwise it
> expires in 30 days.

I hadn't noticed carefully enough that these bug fixes are necessary
for slink.  Just wondered whether someone's brain was on overload, as
mine frequently is....

> I don't know of any other solution to this than to absue the 'fixed'
> severity.

Fair enough.  We don't (currently) have a way of marking bugs as
specific to certain distributions.  I'm not sure whether this is
itself a bug.

   Julian

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