On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:02:50PM +0200, Gert Wollny wrote: > Dear all, > > a bug [1] was files against the the package (mia) I'm preparing that can > not really be fixed within this package, because the actual bug [2] is > in another, required package. Considering the ongoing freeze of wheezy, > [2] may not be fixed soon, but I have a workaround in mia, that makes > [1] disappear. > > Somehow "Closing" the bug doesn't sound right, because the problem is > still persistent. I also set [1] blocked by [2]. > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=705385 > [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=705495 > > So my question is: How would I mark this in the changelog of a new > upload,
In such cases I write "see: #nnnnnn" instead of "closes: #nnnnnn", and so far nobody complained about this approach. :-) > and in what way should I comment this in the bug report (beyond > of what I already commented)? I would write something like "I included a temporary workaround for this bug in mia version ...". Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130418174709.ga18...@master.debian.org
