On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:57:15 +0100 Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Yes, in the majority of cases. But there are probably a good number > of false positives. One common pattern is the following: RC bug > #nnnnnn is reported against package foo in version x.y.z (which may > or may not be in stable). Then somebody (often the maintainer of > foo) finds out the bug is in package bar instead and sends mail to > cont...@bugs.debian.org: > > reassign nnnnnn bar > > with the result that the bug has no version information anymore, and > the BTS assumes that it applies to all versions of bar, although this > is often not the case. > > Last week I had a look at the list myself and added version or suite > information to about 20 bugs where I could identify that they don't > apply to Etch. In many other cases investigating whether a particular > bug applies to stable would have taken considerable time, though. > So can it be the reason for the several hundred bugs discovered and fixed in just a few days? Your explanation seems to fit the case. > > Sven > > -- Nyizsa. http://nyizsa.uni.cc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
