On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 02:47:38PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > Because it is fixed in upstream CVS and I have not merged the patch into > > the Debian package, > > If it's fixed in the next upstream release I would also set the Upstream > tag.
The upstream tag is abused enough (especially by bug submitters) that it is practically useless at this point. > > or because I have other changes pending which are incomplete. > > Personally, I deal with that by cvs-or-whatever-ing a new working tree, or > (for more complex changes) there's branching. If I am in the process of completing some medium-to-large-scale restructuring or something in my working directory, and someone reports a bug with severity <= normal, I just merge in the fix and don't waste time with multiple trees or anything else. I would only bother with that sort of thing for an important bug. Branching, especially, is overkill for nearly all situations, and a maintenance headache. -- - mdz
