On 4/26/17, Ben Finney <bign...@debian.org> wrote: > Felix Dietrich <felix.dietr...@sperrhaken.name> writes: > >> What is the etiquette dealing with seemingly forgotten bug reports? > > You should start with a message to the bug report email address. That > will reach both the current owner of the report, and the package > maintainer address. > >> […] to have another look at the report and decide for an appropriate >> action; may I close the report myself or set e.g. the "wontfix" tag; >> something else? > > Closing the report should be done only if that is clearly the > conclusion. As a newcomer you should not do that except where there is a > clear statement that the report has nothing further to be done. > > Same with setting a “wontfix” tag; that is an expression of the > maintainer's position, and so it needs to be clearly expressed by the > maintainers. > > You can begin with just a “What's the latest on dealing with this > report?” message. More often that you might expect, that prompts someone > to give an update on new information that never made its way to the bug > report.
Is this also something where Felix would participate actively over at Debian-Mentors? https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/ It does sound like a "maintainer" type question since that's on average who I usually see messing around with the bug reports over at Debian-Mentors... but I, of course, could always be wrong on that point. *grin* Just thinking out loud... :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *
