On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Darren Benham wrote: > If "One mail is enough -- the bug report!" then One response should be enough, > also from the bug tracking system. If you need the bug fixed, raise the > severity (it'll be fixed by the next release, pulled or get a response from > the > maintainer as he lowers the severity to keep the package in). If you don't > want to do that, pester the maintainer. Otherwise, assume it got to him and > he'll fix it when he can. I don't see why somebody has to be kicked out just > because he doesn't respond to the bug report in a timly manner. Some of our > maintainer have a googleplex of packages and a personal response to each bug > report could take too much time.
This is the second time Darren has suggested raising the severity. No! The severity of a bug is well-defined. It is a property of the actual bug. It shouldn't be changed because the submitter wants to see it fixed. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
