On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 20:36 -0900, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Jan 19, 2008 9:23 AM, nodata <lsof@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm talking about closing the bug and telling the reporter to report > > upstream, i.e. "go away". > > > As a package maintainer, what would you like me to do in situations > where I need the reporter to talk to upstream? A reporter should never be supposed to talk upstream, because he is reporting an issue a problem with the product (your package) you are supposed to be responsible for, not against the product an upstream ships to you (the source tarball). > Should I just pat you > on the head and promise to fix it, even though I can't? What prevents you from simply telling the truth? > If I can't > even reproduce the problem with my hardware, or its a feature request > that needs to be discussed as part of an upstream development what > exactly are the better choices than encouraging you to take your case > to upstream? Communicate such issues upstream and provide upstream a link to the original issue, such they can investigate? Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
