On 07/02/2013 11:55 AM, Brian Murray wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 11:28:39AM -0400, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
>> Can someone further analyze this paragraph.
>>
>> "For bugs in the Linux (Ubuntu)
>> <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux> package,
>> unless the upstream maintainer or kernel developer notes otherwise, if a
>> new mainline kernel comes out, and you haven't tested with it, your report
>> is considered Status Incomplete <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status>
>> whether
>> or not someone toggled the Status of your report. "
>>
>> Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
>>
>>
>> Hi Istimsak,
>>
>> When a new mainline kernel comes out, we usually ask to have it tested. 
>> The primary purpose of this is to see if the bug has already been fixed
>> upstream.  If it has been fixed upstream, we check to see if it was also
>> sent for inclusion in the upstream stable trees.  If it wasn't sent to
>> upstream stable, we then figure what exact commit fixed the bug, then
>> cherry pick it into the Ubuntu stable kernels.
>>
>> A bug is also set to Incomplete when the apport logs are not included in
>> the report.
>>
>> I'm not sure if this is the information you were looking for.  If not,
>> just let me know and I can provide some additional details.
> I also think part of the original statement "your report is considered
> Status Incomplete ... whether or not someone toggled the status of your
> report", is trying to address the fact that Launchpad automatically
> confirms bugs if a bug is made a duplicate of another or if someone
> clicks "affects me too".  Is that right Joe?
>
> --
> Brian Murray
Yes that is correct.

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