On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 04:09:37PM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Is there a "preferred" way for an end-user to increase/decrease the > severity of a particular bug? Or are these at discretion of the package > maintainer?
It is technically possible for anyone to change a bug's severity as documented in the help files for the bug tracking system. However, you ought to have a good justification ("this bug annoys me, it must be critical!" isn't one such, of course ...), and the package maintainer and the release manager have final discretion. Usually it's better to give your opinion and leave the severity to the maintainer. As with everything, there are exceptions; it depends on the bug and the maintainer. For instance, release-critical bugs often have more people looking at them and possibly manipulating them than ordinary bugs. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]