Hi, On Fri, 12 Sep 2014, Brian May wrote: > Lets say there is a bug in a package X, however package X is still usable > by itself. > > However package Y depends on package X, and as a result of this bug it was > an RC bug. > > Is the bug against package X also RC?
A regression causing an RC bug in a reverse dependency is a serious bug. There's always room for interpretation and the maintainer might opt for "important" instead of "serious" but you are certainly entitled to raise the severity of the pre-existing bug on X to serious on the basis of this regression in another software. > If the bug against package X is not RC, this restricts the ability to > conduct NMUs against package X if the package maintainer is not responsive. Well if the maintainer is not responsive he's not here to downgrade the severity of the bug and you can then rely on the lighter rules to NMU. That said in general, don't be afraid to NMU even for non-RC bugs as long as you send patches and give some time to the maintainer to react (thus uploading to the delayed queue). Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Discover the Debian Administrator's Handbook: → http://debian-handbook.info/get/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140912070124.gc18...@x230-buxy.home.ouaza.com
