Ivan Shmakov wrote: > I don't think that it's reasonable to report bugs against the > version of the package the reporter hasn't tried.
of course. that's why wherever possible, you should try to reproduce the bug with current sid before reporting, to see if it still applies, because that is the one we're developing. stable is dead, apart from security fixes. > For particularly interesting bugs, I may choose to examine the > versions in Debian testing and (or) unstable (say, by installing > a fresh Debian Sid under UML or KVM.) However, I don't > currently have a permanently-running installation of Debian Sid > at hand and therefore cannot easily check these versions. sure. if you can't or don't want to, this is fine. the maintainer will always try to reproduce it, though its nice to safe the time in the first place, when possible. -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: daniel.baum...@panthera-systems.net Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
