I normally wouldn't respond to -devel about this sort of thing, but because this is the third time this week that someone has asked [EMAIL PROTECTED] to deal with this sort of issue, I am. Please followup to -devel, not this bug or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you disagree for some reason.
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, A. Costa wrote: > I'm having a hard time keeping a minor but valid bug open in > 'module-init-tools'. Maintainers of packages are wholly responsible for determining the state of bugs assigned to their package. The only exceptions to this general rule are for bugs affecting the release, where RMs can alter the states so that the bug affects or doesn't affect the release, and cases where the tech ctte has overriden the maintainer.[1] If you disagree with a setting that a maintainer has specifically set, you should explain in an e-mail to the relevant bug that makes it clear why the state should be changed. If the maintainer is not convinced, then ask -devel for advice. If -devel agrees, and the maintainer is still not convinced, your only choice is to appeal to the tech ctte to override the maintainer. [If you're doing this, you better have already written (or gotten someone else to write) the patch to fix whatever bug you want reopened and fixed; otherwise the ctte will likely close and ignore your bug report too.] Maintainers, of course, should not capriciously close bugs or tag or block them nonsensically, and should attempt to explain why they are closing bugs or altering states wherever possible, but regardless of whatever inequities the maintainer has committed, using the control interface to argue with them will only result in your exclusion from it. [None of the above should discourage people from helping maintainers out by reopening bugs when they appear to have been closed in error, or tagging bugs to assist maintainers in classifying their bugs of course. Just don't use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for bug ping-pong.] Don Armstrong 1: There's also the "Don Armstrong reported it, so you damn well beter fix it" exception. ;-) -- Debian's not really about the users or the software at all. It's a large flame-generating engine that the cabal uses to heat their coffee -- Andrew Suffield (#debian-devel Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:34 -0500) http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
