On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:02:27 +0200 Pacho Ramos <pa...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Hello > > From time to time I see old bug reports that are still wrongly opened > and referring to old packages no longer in the tree. Would be possible > to add a way to periodically check for bugs referring in summary to > obsolete packages and, then, allow us to have a cleaner bug list? -1, you really cant automate this. - for eg, keyword req, the version doesnt really matter and is usually just there to help but should really be read as latest version; closing/ignoring the bug while the latest version still lacks the keywords is just wrong. - for stablereq, that's a different story - for other bugs, some may have been fixed independently upstream, but usually, they dont fix by themselves, so if a bug didnt get attention, chances are its still valid. moreover, doing this, you'll just encourage people not to fill the version IOW: If you want a cleaner bug list, ignore stable/kw reqs, then pay attention to your bugs and fix them :) A.
