Closing bug report when bug remains in stable?

[Please CC: replies to me.] Hi, I've got the impression that it's customary to close bug reports as soon as a fixed version of the package in question is available on the ftp site. However, this hides the problem in the stable distribution, especially when the closed bug has been cleaned out (af

Re: Has my deb got any problems?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Hi Joey :-) >the .deb looks ok from the point of not installing it. Thanks :-) >The .deb contains /usr/lib/X11R6/lib/X11 which doesn't seem to be used >by the package. Maybe it can be removed. I wondered about that to

Re: Has my deb got any problems?

Ian Lynagh wrote: > I was wondering if anyone could take a look at my first deb > (available from http://www.lynagh.demon.co.uk/debian/) and > see if there are any problems with it. Ian, the .deb looks ok from the point of not installing it. The .deb contains /usr/lib/X11R6/lib/X11 which doesn't

PPP help

I have recently installed Debian 2.0.10 and I am having trouble configuring dial-up access to my ISP. This is absolutely my first time installing Linux. I've been a UNIX user for years but I know probably less than the basics about administration. The over-all problem is I cannot connect to my IS

Re: What to do with old bugs and package versions?

jmlb2>On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: jmlb2>> * What about the version number of the norwegian, inorwegian and wnorwegian jmlb2>> packages? What should be done about them? Should I just start anew with jmlb2>> veresion 1.0-1, or should I continue with whatever version num