Colin Watson wrote:
While I agree with what you're saying about leaving it up to the maintainer, those users that you think are "shading over into the category of developers" might be mislead and think it needs to be done by a DEBIAN developer (key in keyring, etc.) Perhaps there is some more neutural wording that we can find that can still suggest it needs to be an advanced user, yet not imply it has to be a DD. However, since I just woke up, it's not coming to me right now.On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 04:21:10PM -0500, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote:While ordinary users technically *can* do it, it's often preferable for them to send a message to the bug explaining the situation and asking that the maintainer reopen it. The reason why this is preferable is that it's quite common (and understandable) for ordinary users unfamiliar with the package in question to believe that the problem they are experiencing is the same as an existing bug, whereas in fact it is not; the maintainer usually has the necessary experience to determine whether the bug should be reopened or filed as a new bug.Users with the necessary experience to decide accurately whether bugs should be reopened or not are, I feel, often shading over into the category of developers.
Cheers, Benjamin
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