On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 12:49:00 -0500, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > close 9362 > Bug#9362: gopherd: missing /etc/gopherd.conf > Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! etc.
[As an aside, please use [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than control's "close" command, so that submitters receive an explanation] A large fraction of the "Maintainer Unknown" bug reports (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/ma/l-28_unknown-29_.html) are about packages that are no longer in Debian. I'm not sure there is concensus about closing them. I go over the list once in a while to assign bugs to existing packages where applicable, but haven't close bugs for dead packages. Closing them appeals to my sense of tidyness, but keeping them open makes them available for future maintainers to pick up. I'd like to see discussion on whether or not to keep them open. Opinions? Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
