On Sat, 2017-01-14 at 11:05 +0100, Ole Streicher wrote: > I don't see the need to keep things in sync: If a new failure is > detected, it creates an RC bug against the migration candidate, with an > "affects" to the package that failed the test. The maintainer then has > the possibilities: > > * solve the problem in his own package, upload a new revision, and close > the bug there > > * re-assign the problem to the package that failed the test is the > problem lies there. In this case, that maintainer can decide if the > problem is RC, and if not, then lower the severity. > > In any case, the maintainers can follow the established workflow, and if > one needs to look up the problems a year later, one can just search for > the bug.
You missed the (not at all hypothetical) case: * downgrades the bug, regardless of the practical impact of the failure, just so her package can migrate. Regards, Adam