On Wednesday 03 June 2009 04:57:32 pm Kevin Kofler wrote:
Steve Grubb wrote:
> And then should the bug be closed hoping that one day you pull in a
> package that solves the user's problem?
If the bug is fixed upstream, the Fedora report can be reopened with a
request to backport the fix (but that should only be done if it's important
enough that it cannot wait for the next bugfix update getting pushed
anyway).
When bugs are closed, they disappear from the reporter's bz frontpage. Its far
easier to leave the bug open and close it when the fixed package gets pushed
through bodi.
Until then, why do we need to have the bug open in 2 places?
Yes. Many times when I am evaluating a package I look in bz to see what bugs
are open against it as a test sniff of what its quality might be like. If the
maintainer is closing everything as upstream bugs, I might be installing a
steaming hot pile of awful and not knowing its got lots of problems. Also by
closing unresolved bugs you are inviting duplicate bug reports.
-Steve