Op 20-03-2008 om 18:17 schreef Teodor: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It was originally left open because it was still a theoretical issue; > > the installer did not check whether quota support was available. It was > > obsoleted by newer kernels rather than fixed directly in > > partman-reiserfs; as such I imagine simply that nobody noticed that it > > was still open. > > Isn't this a good reason to close the bug? > > > Your attitude is rather odd, though. Bugs are not closed simply because > > they are old! > > Being old is not the only factor in the discussion. In my opinion the problem > reported here was eliminated and there is no reason not to close it. > > My contribution to Debian is little, but when I'm investigating a > particular package > I'm wasting time reading bugs that don't deserve any attention, no more > feedback > was given for months/years but are left open. Still, I might be wrong and an > unknown procedure to handle bugs is written somewhere... :)
I second the point of view of Teodor. Seeing a bugreport that isn't updated for a long time, feels indeeds like wasting time. Especially when it is unclear why a bugreport is still open. The procedure I follow aims for closing the B.R. ( I known that a better aim, is solving the issue ) When I think it can be closed, I close the BR. When in doubt, I update old bugreport reports with "No feedback in a long time. With a scan over a few months and still no update, it is OK close this bugreport." Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
