On Wednesday 16 May 2007 12:50, Neil Williams wrote: > How long should bugs be tagged pending in advance of an upload?
For me "pending" is a signal to users saying "issue has been confirmed, solution is available and will be included with the next upload". It would IMO not be correct to mark a bug pending if it is fixed but not yet been released upstream (unless you plan to upload a fixed version based on current upstream). A relevant question is: how long can you reasonably delay uploading a package that has bugs that are marked pending. That IMO depends on the severity and type of the BR. The general Free Software rule is probably relevant here: release early, release often. But for example, it is not a huge problem to tag translation updates pending and not upload for a longish time. If there are other issues with the package (e.g. needs a new version of a library that's not yet available) that prevent an upload, that should not prevent you from setting a pending tag. Cheers, FJP
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