On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:59:04 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 03:07:09PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
(...) >> > > This was the message that closed it. It was sent to 617940-done and >> > > so the bug was marked as closed. The other bug was forcibly merged >> > > with this one and so it was closed too. >> > > >> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617940#26 >> > >> > Yes, but regardless the bug status (closed or archived) the issue >> > persists as reported later: >> > >> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=33;bug=617940 >> > >> > Or is that I am wrongly reading the "notfixed 617940 >> > 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2" tag? >> >> What I see by looking now is: >> >> * 617940 is/was assigned to the libvdpau1 package * notfixed 617940 >> 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2 removes any indication that >> version 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2 was fixed. >> * libvdpau1 never had any version 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2 in the >> archive according to >> http://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvdpau.html and therefore >> marking it as not fixed does not mark any existing version as >> buggy. The version number is just completely bogus. >> >> I think 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2 was meant to apply to mplayer not >> libvdpau1 and therefore the intended bug maintenance actions did not >> occur as intended. The bug remained closed and was archived according >> to the standard schedule for closed bugs. Oh, now you talk like the marketing people ("standard schedule") which sounds very nice but provides little to void content for us... you know >:-) Now, with my user's hat on, there's only a "standard schedule" which means fixing a problem or closing a bug report with a valid reason (you can choose between: not a bug/not reproducible/forwarded upstream/closed because I have a bad day, etc...) > So what now? Exactly. I think the "alter-ego" bug was archived just because no one replied (I mean, "insisted" on the problem) and was silently forgotten. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k22dmp$vnl$6...@ger.gmane.org
