On Miércoles 03 Junio 2009 01:34:17 Kevin Kofler escribió: > Steve Grubb wrote: > > I don't want to start a long thread, but just to ask a couple questions > > for my own clarification. Does a maintainer's responsibilities end with > > packaging bugs? IOW, if there is a problem in the package that is _broken > > code_ do they need to do something about it or is it acceptable for them > > to close the bug and say talk to upstream? > > It's the reporter's job to report the bug upstream when asked to do so. > Fixing bugs often requires two-way communication, so it's important for > upstream to have a real reporter to talk to, I don't see why it should be > the maintainer's job to play the relaying monkey. We're not carrier > pigeons. We can't even CC the reporter on the upstream bug unless they > register an account there, and at that point they can just as well file the > bug themselves. +1! Jaroslav > Kevin Kofler -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
