On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 11:07 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
I'm not sure that's strong enough. It should clearly state
that the
package maintainer is responsible for getting bugs fixed -- if the
package maintainer isn't a coder, then they need to take a more
managerial röle; working with upstream or with code-monkeys within
Fedora to get things fixed. How about this:
If there are bugs which you aren't capable of fixing yourself because
they deal with intricacies of the source code which you don't fully
understand, then you still need to address these bugs. It can be helpful
to work with the upstream maintainer of the code, obtain help from more
code-oriented people on fedora-devel, or check other distributions for
patches. Always be sure to post to the bug report what you have done so
that the reporter knows what it happening and what to expect.
It is recommended that non-coder packagers should find co-maintainers
who are familiar with the programming language used by their package(s),
and can help with such bugs as a kind of 'second line support'.
Added your suggestion.
Thanks,
/B
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