On Sun, 11 Nov 2007, Miguel Filgueiras wrote: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 08 Nov 2007, Miguel Filgueiras wrote: > > > I would appreciate you contact me directly when you find any GPSMan > > > error as reporting an error in Debian implies some more work than > > > just answering a message. > > > > It's always appropriate for Debian users to report bugs in Debian > > using the BTS; that way everyone else can see what is actually > > going on. [Not that this is necessarily a bug in gpsman, either > > way.] > > Ok, I understand your point. As a humble up-streamer, I'm not shying > away from bugs being raised publicly and I do appreciate when users > make the effort to report a problem.
Heh. Didn't mean to imply that you were. In fact, it's wonderful that you're following the Debian bugs in this package. > The reason for my asking the report to be made directly to me is > that this will mean less work for the package maintainer. Don't worry too much about that. It's really easy for the maintainer to close the bugs when a new upload of a package is made, so the amount of time spent per bug (beyond figuring out what it is and fixing it) should be fairly minimal. [Normally the package maintainer should be forwarding messages to you as upstream after figuring out whether it's an upstream problem or a Debian one.] > By the way, as a user I would like to know if it is accepted > practice for a bug report sent through the BTS to be answered > directly by the package maintainer and not registered in the package > bug pages. Generally maintainers reply to both the submitter and the bug number. At least, that's what they should be doing. Don Armstrong -- Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p250 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
