On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 04:02:11PM +0800, csj wrote: > I'm just curious about Debian's "bug" policy. > > I know that some bugs aren't fixable (because either they're too > expensive to fix or upstream thinks they're a "feature"). But > how are bug reports resolved in the Debian bug system? I just > checked my favorite bug, and it's still under the heading > "outstanding" rather than "resolved" and the program in question > has had, IRC, two major releases. > > I'm not asking that the bug be "solved". I just want it > "resolved". Doesn't the bug report at least merit a "No, I won't > fix it, unless somebody submits the code"?
That's entirely up to the maintainer of the package and/or any other random people who happen to look at it. Forget policy here, it's a matter of people having time and interest to do the work. If you give more details about the bug in question then perhaps somebody could be encouraged to look at it. (Bug #162308?) Sometimes the type of response you're talking about happens, but it's rather rare for a bug submitter to be satisfied with that, so many maintainers assume that it's taken as read. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
