Re: can the bug reporter close a bug? [was:Re: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody]
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:14:40AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > I apologize for prolonging this thread - it's quite annoying. > However, after reading this enlightened response I wonder if it's > possible for a user to close the (silly) bug he or she reported after > he or she solves the problem. bugs.debian.org doesn't seem to > indicate a way for a bug to be closed other than action by the > maintainer. Actually under /usr/doc/debian the doc-debian package provides a number of files, including bug-main-mailcontrol.txt. A message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] of this format: close $(bugnumber) thanks will close a bug. Only submitters or maintainers should close a bug as noted in the docs.
Re: can the bug reporter close a bug? [was:Re: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody]
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:57:11AM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote: > Actually under /usr/doc/debian the doc-debian package provides a number > of files, including bug-main-mailcontrol.txt. > > A message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] of this format: > > close $(bugnumber) > thanks > > will close a bug. Only submitters or maintainers should close a bug as > noted in the docs. Ugh late night. s;/usr/doc;/usr/share/doc s/bug-main-mailcontrol.txt/bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt
Re: can the bug reporter close a bug? [was:Re: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody]
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:57:11AM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:14:40AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > I apologize for prolonging this thread - it's quite annoying. > > However, after reading this enlightened response I wonder if it's > > possible for a user to close the (silly) bug he or she reported after > > he or she solves the problem. bugs.debian.org doesn't seem to > > indicate a way for a bug to be closed other than action by the > > maintainer. > > Actually under /usr/doc/debian the doc-debian package provides a number > of files, including bug-main-mailcontrol.txt. Yes, but also anyone, including the submitter, spammers, joe public etc can email [EMAIL PROTECTED] to close a bug as well. The BTS doesn't care. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: can the bug reporter close a bug? [was:Re: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody]
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 11:42:57PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:57:11AM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:14:40AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > I apologize for prolonging this thread - it's quite annoying. > > > However, after reading this enlightened response I wonder if it's > > > possible for a user to close the (silly) bug he or she reported after > > > he or she solves the problem. bugs.debian.org doesn't seem to > > > indicate a way for a bug to be closed other than action by the > > > maintainer. > > > > Actually under /usr/doc/debian the doc-debian package provides a number > > of files, including bug-main-mailcontrol.txt. > > Yes, but also anyone, including the submitter, spammers, joe public > etc can email [EMAIL PROTECTED] to close a bug as well. The BTS doesn't care. So does this mean the submitter can close their own bug or not? I'm not sure what you mean by "the BTS doesn't care" -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton pgp62E0fSYvxi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: can the bug reporter close a bug? [was:Re: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody]
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > Yes, but also anyone, including the submitter, spammers, joe public > > etc can email [EMAIL PROTECTED] to close a bug as well. The BTS doesn't > > care. > > So does this mean the submitter can close their own bug or not? I'm > not sure what you mean by "the BTS doesn't care" It means that anyone may close any bug. I think the maintainer would easily notice abusers, so it's better to have it this way rather than having complex authentication methods. -- Sam.
Re: can the bug reporter close a bug? [was:Re: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody]
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:09:12PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > So does this mean the submitter can close their own bug or not? I'm > not sure what you mean by "the BTS doesn't care" Anyone can close a bug - the BTS doesn't actually check where the close command comes from. The unenforced standard is that only the submitter and the maintainer responsible for the package should close a bug. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpFdO3db8Wqq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: can the bug reporter close a bug? [was:Re: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody]
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:09:12PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > So does this mean the submitter can close their own bug or not? I'm > not sure what you mean by "the BTS doesn't care" Yes, the BTS will allow the submitter to close their own bug that way. So can anyone else. (AFAIK.) Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > close 81396 Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody Bug closed, send any further explanations to "Eray 'exa' Ozkural" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > thanks, Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database)