On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 02:14:15PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Wouter Verhelst writes ("Bug#908155: Coordination with upstream developers > not universally applied"): > > To me, the core message of the current text is that you should ensure > > that bug reports which are not Debian-specific end up with upstream, > > *somehow*, whether by the maintainers forwarding it to upstream > > themselves or by them asking the reporter to do so. Your proposed new > > text weakens that, and I think that's not a good idea. > > How about this > > These bug reports should be forwarded to the upstream developers so > that they can be fixed in a future upstream release. Usually it is > best if you can do this, but alternatively, you may ask the bug > submitter to do it.
I think that's better, yes. It doesn't incorporate my other suggestion about bts-link, though. How about this: In cases where a bug report is forwarded upstream, it may be helpful to remember that the bts-link service can help with synchronizing states between the upstream bug tracker and the Debian one. ? -- Could you people please use IRC like normal people?!? -- Amaya Rodrigo Sastre, trying to quiet down the buzz in the DebConf 2008 Hacklab