On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:14:45 -0500 Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 09:02:41AM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Justin, > > > > I am confused. You wrote: > > > > >> When do you expect it to be forwarded upstream? > > > Donno; that's up to the maintainer. If you like, you can do it > > > yourself. You should Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] in your message, > > > which will get your message into the bts and also mark the bug as > > > "forwarded" to whoever is in the To: field. > > > > Looking in http://bugs.debian.org/295435 it says > > > > Maintainer for sylpheed is Ricardo Mones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... > > > > which agrees with you saying that you are not the maintainer. > Right:) > > > You suggest I do something "funny" to ensure the maintainer gets the > > message? Or, would that forward the bug upstream (all of it, or just > > the message I am sending), bypassing the lazy maintainer? > No; people have different interpretations about what the maintainer of > a package is supposed to do, and what they are expected to do. > > Some maintainers dislike when users report upstream bugs to the debian > BTS, because then they have to forward the bugs upstream, and fumble > with a second BTS. Or they simply don't do that, and the bugs just > bitrot. > > Other maintainers don't have so many bugs to worry about, and don't > mind forwarding the bugs. And others happen to have a life with situations where free time drops nearly to zero sometimes. But I guess is easier to think they're lazy. > Since I can confirm that the problem is the "upstream" tarball, and > not the Debian packaging, I suggested that you might forward the bug > yourself. I'd better suggest to upgrade to a newer version. Given upstream is currently focused on developing the 2.0 version and the availability of much newer versions ported to woody, I don't think upstream is gonna take care of this bug. > (I'm assuming that Ricardo won't mind; correct me if I'm wrong. > Most people aren't protective of their bugs, but conventionally only > the submitter or the maintainer actually closes a bug). I don't mind at all, if the actions are correct and justified :) > > If you are not the maintainer, how did you get to "tag" this bug: > > could I have done so myself? > Yup. http://bugs.debian.org/ tells you all about it. The BTS is > opened for you to submit, view, or even manipulate bugs. regards, -- Ricardo Mones Lastra - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Centro de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad de Oviedo en Gijon 33271 Asturias, SPAIN. - http://www.aic.uniovi.es/mones -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
