Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-24 Thread Jesus Climent
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 11:47:52PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
  * New Upstream Version (closes: #176227, #188308, #90276)
  
  Changelog abuse.  This is only a valid entry if all 3 of these bugs were
  requests for a new version, which they were not.
 
 to me it reads: fixed by the new version. which is perfectly valid.

To me it does not. I close bugs with New Upstream Version when the bugs were
requesting a new version because upstream released a new one.

They should read, at least:

  * The new version closes: ...

to make the difference.

mooch

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-24 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi,

Jesus Climent wrote:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 11:47:52PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
  On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
   * New Upstream Version (closes: #176227, #188308, #90276)
   
   Changelog abuse.  This is only a valid entry if all 3 of these bugs were
   requests for a new version, which they were not.
  
  to me it reads: fixed by the new version. which is perfectly valid.
 
 To me it does not. I close bugs with New Upstream Version when the bugs were
 requesting a new version because upstream released a new one.
 
 They should read, at least:
 
   * The new version closes: ...

That's shit too.

* New Upstream version
  - explanation of the bug or fix (closes: #nr)
  ...

...

would be the best solution.

Regards,

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-23 Thread Adam Heath
On Fri, 23 May 2003, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:

 On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 09:51:33PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
  Admin installs from cd.  Admin runs programs.  Admin finds something he 
  thinks
  is a bug.  Admin reads changelog to see if the bug existed previously.

 hmm.. why would he do that?

Because I consider that standard debugging procedure.  Always see if the
symptoms you are seeing are similiar to something that has happened in the
past.

Bugs tend to cluster around small bits of code.  Ie, the vast majority of code
tends to be relatively bug free, and a small amount of code has the highest
concentration of bugs.  So looking for similiar bugs in a software program's
history can clue one in on how to fix new bugs.




Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-23 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 09:39:55PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
 On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:49:52PM +0200, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
  On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
   
   * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
  
  Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
  Do it using BTS directly.
 
 Come on. This is getting a bit over the top, IMHO.
 
 After all, he *did* merge those changes from the NMU into his local
 tree. Or even if he just pulled the lastest debian source, it would
 still be a change. I think it's entirely reasonable to do this.
 
 What is the current consensus on this?
 

That's a general consensus about not using changelog as a BTS management
tool. That's an improper use, see some old flames about similar
cases. And it generally causes confusion in bug submitters' mind:
how many of them knows the difference between a fixed and a closed bug?
A brief note about NMU changes incorporation in changelog 
and closing those bugs in BTS by hand is more correct IMO.

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-23 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 10:12:35AM +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
 And it generally causes confusion in bug submitters' mind: how many of
 them knows the difference between a fixed and a closed bug?  A brief
 note about NMU changes incorporation in changelog and closing those
 bugs in BTS by hand is more correct IMO.

I'd say we should rather ensure that bug submitters get a notification
when a bug is fixed (i.e. by the time of the NMU), in case it's not
handled like that already, than to duplicate information in the
changelog.


Michael




Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 11:28:34AM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
  And it generally causes confusion in bug submitters' mind: how many of
  them knows the difference between a fixed and a closed bug?  A brief
  note about NMU changes incorporation in changelog and closing those
  bugs in BTS by hand is more correct IMO.
 
 I'd say we should rather ensure that bug submitters get a notification
 when a bug is fixed (i.e. by the time of the NMU), in case it's not
 handled like that already, than to duplicate information in the
 changelog.

I figure a patch could be provided for the right part of katie -- it already
knows NMUs (special case for not closing bugs), you just have to insert the
sending of mail with the right verbiage.

The latter, however, doesn't strike me as particularly obvious. What do you
tell the submitter? Do you recommend the upgrade, or just suggest it?
Do you mention it's a NMU, should they care? It's somewhat puzzling, as
there are NMUs of various qualities... Arguably, there are maintainer
uploads of various qualities, but given it's the official upload, the
licence to recommend it is implied, whereas with a NMU, it is not.

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Francesco Paolo Lovergine
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
 
 * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)

Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
Do it using BTS directly.




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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Morgon Kanter
This one time, at band camp, Francesco Paolo Lovergine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
  
  * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
 
 Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
 Do it using BTS directly.

Debian Developers' Reference actually recommends doing that on the first 
line of the new changelog entry.

Morgon
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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:49:52PM +0200, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
  
  * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
 
 Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
 Do it using BTS directly.

Come on. This is getting a bit over the top, IMHO.

After all, he *did* merge those changes from the NMU into his local
tree. Or even if he just pulled the lastest debian source, it would
still be a change. I think it's entirely reasonable to do this.

What is the current consensus on this?


Michael




Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Stephen Frost
* Francesco Paolo Lovergine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
  
  * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
 
 Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
 Do it using BTS directly.

He's officially closeing NMU's because he's uploading an actual
maintainer upload.  I think that's very appropriate for the changelog.

Stephen


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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
El día 22 may 2003, Francesco Paolo Lovergine escribía:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
  
  * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
 
 Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
 Do it using BTS directly.

  This use of changelog is fine, IMO.
  You make a mantainer upload using the modifications made in NMUs,
  which has yet the Closes line. But they only tag the bugs as fixed.

  I even think this is written somewore

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Andreas Barth
* Francesco Paolo Lovergine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030522 21:35]:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:

  * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)

 Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
 Do it using BTS directly.

The developers references tells that both methods are allowed in 5.11.4
http://www.debian.de/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-ack-nmu

I for myself prefer the changelog entry because it shows direct which
bugs are closed by the maintainer.


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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:49:52PM +0200, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
  
  * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
 
 Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
 Do it using BTS directly.

Uh, nope. See the developers' reference, chapter 5.11.5. The idea is: if
you're not uploading a new version, the NMU is still not 'worked away'.
By closing fixed bugs directly, one could forget to incorporate the
changes of the NMU...

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 03:33:29PM -0400, Morgon Kanter wrote:
   * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
  
  Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
  Do it using BTS directly.
 
 Debian Developers' Reference actually recommends doing that on the first 
 line of the new changelog entry.

No, it does not _recommend_ that, don't misrepresent it!

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Morgon Kanter
This one time, at band camp, Josip Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
* Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
   
   Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
   Do it using BTS directly.
  
  Debian Developers' Reference actually recommends doing that on the first 
  line of the new changelog entry.
 
 No, it does not _recommend_ that, don't misrepresent it!

[...]
It is an old tradition to acknowledge bugs fixed in non-maintainer uploads 
in the first changelog entry of the proper maintainer upload, for instance, 
in a changelog entry like this:

old tradition usually seems to mean good idea to me.

Morgon
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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 10:10:28PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
 * Francesco Paolo Lovergine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030522 21:35]:
  Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
  Do it using BTS directly.
 
 The developers references tells that both methods are allowed in 5.11.4
 http://www.debian.de/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-ack-nmu
 
 I for myself prefer the changelog entry because it shows direct which
 bugs are closed by the maintainer.

There's another interesting approach: use 'dpkg-buildpackage -vlast
version you uploaded'. That way you don't even need to include another
changelog entry, but the generated .changes will include a Closes: line
for all the NMU-fixed bugs.

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 05:27:40PM -0400, Morgon Kanter wrote:
 * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)

Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
Do it using BTS directly.
   
   Debian Developers' Reference actually recommends doing that on the first 
   line of the new changelog entry.
  
  No, it does not _recommend_ that, don't misrepresent it!
 
 [...]
 It is an old tradition to acknowledge bugs fixed in non-maintainer uploads 
 in the first changelog entry of the proper maintainer upload, for instance, 
 in a changelog entry like this:
 
 old tradition usually seems to mean good idea to me.

For some people, rebooting machines at first sight of trouble is an old
tradition, too... :)

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Brian Nelson
Guido Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
   directory-administrator (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
   .
 * New Upstream Version (closes: #176227, #188308, #90276)
 
 Changelog abuse.  This is only a valid entry if all 3 of these bugs were
 requests for a new version, which they were not.
 

 The features included in that version (and listed in upstream changelog)
 solve the problems reported in the other two report...

Then please use a changelog entry for each change, such as

  * New Upstream Version (closes: #176227)
- Fixes error after updating user entry (closes: #188308)
- Fixes segfaults on connect (closes: #90276)

If you don't do this, the original bug submitters will see a bug has
been fixed, but probably not remember what the bug was, especially if he
or she filed multiple bugs for the package.  Furthermore, it's a real
pain to have to look at the BTS, and then search through the upstream
changelog to find the corresponding fix.

This should be described in the developer's reference (as if anyone
actually follows it).

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Brian Nelson
Bernd Eckenfels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 11:55:36PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
 It's much more helpful to write this as:

 yes of course, but the question is where the line between helpfulness and
 usefulness is :)

 At least I think it is not a good idea to talk about abuse if maintainers
 save themself some work. This might have the opposite effet than desired.

Well in that case, let's just use changelog entries like

  * Closes: #1234, #2345, #3456, #4567

That will save developers some work, right?  Or, even better, let's just
drop usage of that work and time-consuming BTS altogether.

To save developers even more work, let's allow them to never test, or
even build, a package before upload.  And, let's not fix security holes
either, because that takes too much effort.

Shall I go on?

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Morgon Kanter
This one time, at band camp, Josip Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   No, it does not _recommend_ that, don't misrepresent it!
  
  [...]
  It is an old tradition to acknowledge bugs fixed in non-maintainer uploads 
  in the first changelog entry of the proper maintainer upload, for instance, 
  in a changelog entry like this:
  
  old tradition usually seems to mean good idea to me.
 
 For some people, rebooting machines at first sight of trouble is an old
 tradition, too... :)

Point taken!

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 03:33:05PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
 Shall I go on?

No.


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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Thu, 22 May 2003 01:26:27 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels [EMAIL PROTECTED]
escreveu:

 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 11:55:36PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
  It's much more helpful to write this as:
 
 yes of course, but the question is where the line between helpfulness and
 usefulness is :)
 
 At least I think it is not a good idea to talk about abuse if maintainers
 save themself some work. This might have the opposite effet than desired.

That's *very* useful, too. And that would save people a lot of work when
tracking problem causes, etc. It will not kill adding a few more details
when closing a bug, and that makes the changelog much more useful.
This is the way I do:

  * New upstream release
  - it seems like the lng CC is not a problem anymore
(Closes: #182003)
  - IMAP has gone through a lot of work, so I believe this should
be fixed. Also, this version is supposed to fix the 'io blocking'
thingy. (Closes: #164101)

Damn, it evens helps the submitter to understand what problem has
been fixed when he receives the notification.

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Brian Nelson
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 10:10:28PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
 * Francesco Paolo Lovergine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030522 21:35]:
  Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
  Do it using BTS directly.
 
 The developers references tells that both methods are allowed in 5.11.4
 http://www.debian.de/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-ack-nmu
 
 I for myself prefer the changelog entry because it shows direct which
 bugs are closed by the maintainer.

 There's another interesting approach: use 'dpkg-buildpackage -vlast
 version you uploaded'. That way you don't even need to include another
 changelog entry, but the generated .changes will include a Closes: line
 for all the NMU-fixed bugs.

This is the best method, I think.  IIRC, bug submitters don't receive an
acknowledgment for bugs fixed in an NMU; they only receive them when
closed by the maintainer.  Consequently, they only get an acknowledgment
that says something like

  * Acknowledge NMU (closes: xxx)

which is not informative at all.  I would much rather see the changelog
entry made by the NMU-er.

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Adam Heath
On Thu, 22 May 2003, Brian Nelson wrote:

 If you don't do this, the original bug submitters will see a bug has
 been fixed, but probably not remember what the bug was, especially if he
 or she filed multiple bugs for the package.  Furthermore, it's a real
 pain to have to look at the BTS, and then search through the upstream
 changelog to find the corresponding fix.

That's the wrong reason.

Consider the admin, who discovers some bug.  They look at the changelogs for
the problem package, seeing if it had a similiar bug.  Also, consider that
this system is not online, and the admin has no network connection.




Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:11:23PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
 Consider the admin, who discovers some bug.  They look at the changelogs for
 the problem package, seeing if it had a similiar bug.  Also, consider that
 this system is not online, and the admin has no network connection.

Well, an admin who is not online but do has changelogs which are more recent
that his installed packages is for sure quite seldom. I wonder is that is a
very common reason at all.

For those admins i would suggest to mirror mozilla bugtracker in addition to
mozilla archive. :)

Greetings
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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Adam Heath
On Fri, 23 May 2003, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:

 On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:11:23PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
  Consider the admin, who discovers some bug.  They look at the changelogs for
  the problem package, seeing if it had a similiar bug.  Also, consider that
  this system is not online, and the admin has no network connection.

 Well, an admin who is not online but do has changelogs which are more recent
 that his installed packages is for sure quite seldom. I wonder is that is a
 very common reason at all.

You misunderstand.

Admin installs from cd.  Admin runs programs.  Admin finds something he thinks
is a bug.  Admin reads changelog to see if the bug existed previously.




Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 09:51:33PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
 Admin installs from cd.  Admin runs programs.  Admin finds something he thinks
 is a bug.  Admin reads changelog to see if the bug existed previously.

hmm.. why would he do that? 

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-21 Thread Brian Nelson
Guido Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Format: 1.7
 Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 17:31:23 +0200
 Source: directory-administrator
 Binary: directory-administrator
 Architecture: source i386
 Version: 1.3.5-1
 Distribution: unstable
 Urgency: low
 Maintainer: Guido Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Changed-By: Guido Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Description: 
  directory-administrator - LDAP POSIX user/group manager for GNOME
 Closes: 90276 172803 174301 176227 177616 179036 188308 191721 193685 194043
 Changes: 
  directory-administrator (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
  .
* New Upstream Version (closes: #176227, #188308, #90276)

Changelog abuse.  This is only a valid entry if all 3 of these bugs were
requests for a new version, which they were not.

* New Maintainer (adopted this package with permission from the old one)
* Move to section gnome
* Create a manpage (closes: #194043)
* Explained that it works with LDAPv2 only in README.Debian (closes: 
 #191721)
* Put the binary in /usr/bin (closes: #193685)
* Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
* Bump Standards-Version to 3.5.10
* Fix a typo in the changelog
* Seems that the build dependency on autoconf and automake isn't necessary
  anymore.

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-21 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
 * New Upstream Version (closes: #176227, #188308, #90276)
 
 Changelog abuse.  This is only a valid entry if all 3 of these bugs were
 requests for a new version, which they were not.

to me it reads: fixed by the new version. which is perfectly valid.

Greetings
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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-21 Thread Guido Trotter
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
   directory-administrator (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
   .
 * New Upstream Version (closes: #176227, #188308, #90276)
 
 Changelog abuse.  This is only a valid entry if all 3 of these bugs were
 requests for a new version, which they were not.
 

The features included in that version (and listed in upstream changelog)
solve the problems reported in the other two report...

Bye,

Guido

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 11:47:52PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:31:14PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
  * New Upstream Version (closes: #176227, #188308, #90276)
  
  Changelog abuse.  This is only a valid entry if all 3 of these bugs were
  requests for a new version, which they were not.
 
 to me it reads: fixed by the new version. which is perfectly valid.

It's much more helpful to write this as:

  * New upstream version (closes: #176227).
- README file no longer says snork (closes: #188308).
- Don't kill the user's dog whenever the program is run
  (closes: #90276).

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Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-21 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 11:55:36PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
 It's much more helpful to write this as:

yes of course, but the question is where the line between helpfulness and
usefulness is :)

At least I think it is not a good idea to talk about abuse if maintainers
save themself some work. This might have the opposite effet than desired.

Greetins
Bernd
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