On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2011-03-28 at 01:42 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > reopen 619520 > > thanks > > Please explain to Vincent the policy against bug ping-pong.
If a maintainer closes a bug, and after a single round of explanation, still does not agree with reopening the bug, the bug should stay closed. If you disagree with the maintainer, then your choices are to either attempt to: 1) convince the maintainer that your viewpoint is correct, preferably by submitting a patch which fixes the perceived problem, along with rationale as to why the patch is correct. 2) attempt to convince the technical committee that the maintainer is incorrect, and should be overridden. This necessitates a patch as required for #1. In neither case should you reopen bugs that a maintainer has closed.[1] Continuing to do so will result in restricting your use of [email protected]. Don Armstrong 1: It is of course acceptable to reopen a bug in cases when the maintainer is likely to agree with you, but that is clearly not the case here. -- America was far better suited to be the World's Movie Star. The world's tequila-addled pro-league bowler. The world's acerbic bi-polar stand-up comedian. Anything but a somber and tedious nation of socially responsible centurions. -- Bruce Sterling, _Distraction_ p122 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
