* Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-25 16:05]: > I don't think these bugs should be closed without considering the > type of the removed package. If it's just gotten useless or > uninteresting, no problem. But if there's some kind of successor > (like foo2 in a new source package, iceweasel to firefox, or TeXLive > to teTeX) then the maintainer should check whether the old bug still > applies to the new package.
That's exactly what I used to do. This is a reason why I'm against totally automating the bug closure of removed packages, but clearly we need some kind of tool to help with the task. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]