Asheesh Laroia wrote: > Hey Luk, Tim, and others, > > This is bug in the c-client IMAP core that sits inside UW IMAP. The bug > here seems to be, "When alpine notifies you that it has gone read-only, > it still allows you to make changes it will throw away." The appropriate > simple resolution seems to be, "Modify the alpine UI so that if it > notifies a user that it has gone read-only, don't accept changes." > > In a few weeks, I will sit down with a friend and see if we can solve > this. This bug in alpine has existed since lenny. > > However, right now, I notice a user filed > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=551900 wondering where > alpine > > I would like to ask you, Luk, if it would be okay to let alpine pass to > testing in this state. The problem isn't that it has new > release-critical bug, but that an old bug (as the package was released > in lenny) has the same release-critical bug. > > What do you think, Luk? Can we let alpine pass to testing?
I think it's wrong to leave non-regressions unfixed. Though this bug might qualify for a downgrade of the severity to important. I leave it up to you to dowgrade the severity if you thinks that's justified. Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
