unmaintained bugs

[Matthew Miller]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:18:09AM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> It seems like if bugs against rel 1 are still open just before EOL,
> and closed thereafter, AND, these bugs are no longer in rel 2,
> does release 2 have any document stating that the bugs was fixed?


Sometimes? Usually not.

> How can a user trace that fix and then try to back-port it?

Well, if the new package works, you can try and rebuild it on the
new release. Or... just upgrade.

> I suspect that the bug is never fixed even in rel 2, nor do the lease
> notes make any mention of the fix re: the automatically ignored bugs
> from the previous rel.

Sometimes true. That's why it really helps to retest.

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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader