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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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 least not in the
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