Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There's some debate over whether closing upstream bugs in the changelog is
> OK, like so:
>
> * New upstream version. (Closes: #N)
> - The bar is now frobbed correctly. (Closes: #X)
> - No longer trip over our shoelaces. (Closes: #Y
On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 05:55:05PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote:
> My question is, is it now appropriate to use the changelog as a crutch
> to close bugs that have nothing to do with the upload?
No; however, in this case, the bugs *did* have something to do with the
upload.
> I was always under impres
Adam,
Here is what I meant, clearly:
I took over the gnuplot package last week but I've only fixed 2 bugs
out of 40.
It's a shame because I'm supposed to handle them all when taking over
the package and I did not.
I'll do that as soon as possible but in the meanwhile, I've uploaded
that package
On 9 Apr 2006, Adam Majer wrote:
> My question is, is it now appropriate to use the changelog as a
> crutch to close bugs that have nothing to do with the upload?
Adam,
Apparently you still haven't understood my changelog nor my email: I
haven't closed any bug that have nothing to do with the u
Stephen Samuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems to me that, in this case (and correct me if I'm wrong), the
> package hasn't been updated from upstream for a long time, and so the
> difference between the old version and the new version fixes the stack
> of old bugs (( even though it wasn't
It seems to me that, in this case (and correct me if I'm wrong), the
package hasn't been updated from upstream for a long time, and so the
difference between the old version and the new version fixes the stack
of old bugs (( even though it wasn't _this specific version_ where the
bug was fixed
On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 05:55:05PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote:
> Cyril Bouthors wrote:
> > On 3 Apr 2006, Adam Majer wrote:
> >
> >
> >> But the correct method of closing bugs is to send a message to
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the explanation of the fix and not in
> >> the changelog. Well, at lea
Hello everyone,
I've written an email to Cyril Bouthors that started as,
"In your 4.0.0-3 upload of gluplot, you've said in the changelog
* This upload is aimed to take over the package and fix the easiest bugs
first. I'll upload another version shortly that will take care of the
oh-so-m
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