>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richard> On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 10:03:33AM +1000, Brian May
Richard> wrote:
>> I set the severity to important, as I feel that bbdb support is
>> important for gnus, and also, because I think it should be easy
>> to fix (if you know what you are doing --- I don't).
Richard> [...]
>> I don't think it is worth dropping the package though.
Richard> Classic mistake. The "important" severity is misnamed.
Richard> It doesn't mean "this bug is important", it means "this
Richard> package is unfit for release".
How do you say "this bug is important enough to be fixed for frozen"?
Often, for instance, there are times when a really simple bug causes a
package to break seriously for some users. While the package should
not get dropped if it isn't fixed in time, it still looks bad for
Debian as a whole if this stuff gets released.
--
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
