On Thu 21 Jan 2016 at 22:35:19 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 07:19:00PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 20 Jan 2016 at 20:02:37 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 07:03:33PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > > > A small point: duplicate bugs are merged, not closed. You could do it > > > > if > > > > you are confident in your judgement. A more pertinent point is whether > > > > > > > > you should be concerned yet about a lack of the response. There could > > > > > > > > be a perfectly good reason for it. A year can be but the blink of an > > > > > > > > eyelid in Debian's calendar. :) > > > > > > Right, meanwhile the bug submitter is sitting around in the dark > > > wondering what the story is. > > > > So, in addition to what the bug submitter has been told, the following > > advice is offered . . . . . Well? > > A year is a long time to wait for an update on a bug report is what I'm > saying. Also, I'm under the impression that the bug submitter doesn't > automatically get sent any responses to the bug report. The reasons, > apparently, are because developers submit many bugs, some MBF, and don't > want to be 'swamped' with mail because of it. > > So I'm guessing the submitter has to check the bug number from time to > time to check for any progress.
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