Closing bugs as submitter?

2005-10-16 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Dear list, I'd like to ask you if it is desired (and possible at all) that submitters close their own bugs if they have been fixed without the package maintainer's noticing. The informational pages on b.d.o don't state whether [EMAIL PROTECTED] is obeying commands from everyone, and whether or

Re: Closing bugs as submitter?

2005-10-16 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 02:09:06AM +0200, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: Dear list, I'd like to ask you if it is desired (and possible at all) that submitters close their own bugs if they have been fixed without the package maintainer's noticing. The informational pages on b.d.o don't state whether

Re: Closing bugs as submitter?

2005-10-16 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Jan C. Nordholz said: Dear list, I'd like to ask you if it is desired (and possible at all) that submitters close their own bugs if they have been fixed without the package maintainer's noticing. The informational pages on b.d.o don't state whether [EMAIL

Re: Closing bugs as submitter?

2005-10-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Jan C. Nordholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd like to ask you if it is desired (and possible at all) that submitters close their own bugs if they have been fixed without the package maintainer's noticing. The informational pages on b.d.o don't state whether [EMAIL PROTECTED] is obeying

Re: Closing bugs as submitter?

2005-10-16 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 02:17:01AM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: Yes, you may do so -- if in doubt, simply write an explanatory mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and let the maintainer deal with it. If you're sure that what you're doing is correct, there is in general no reason to not do it. In

Re: Closing bugs as submitter?

2005-10-16 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Jan C. Nordholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now I'd like to save the maintainer some work and tag the bug fixed-in-experimental myself (together with a short explanatory message to the bug log), If I understand correctly, after version tracking was implemented, the fixed-in-experimental tag

Re: Closing bugs as submitter?

2005-10-16 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 03:16:01AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: If I understand correctly, after version tracking was implemented, the fixed-in-experimental tag has been superseded by simply closing the bug for the current experimental version (i.e. mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a