Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Bill Gatliff
Eric: Miles Bader wrote: Eric Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't reproduce, but the reporter can. Is it reasonable for the maintainer to email the reporter and ask whether a new version fixes the problem, or is that considered ob

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Miles Bader
Eric Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't > reproduce, but the reporter can. Is it reasonable for the maintainer > to email the reporter and ask whether a new version fixes the problem, > or is that considered obnoxious? It doesn't seem

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyone have a suggestion about what to do when the maintainer > can't reproduce it and the reporter can only reproduce it on one > of his machines? I'm kind of stymied on #329333 for Autoconf. > No idea what the problem is here. Well, the problem is that f

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Ben Pfaff
Eric Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't > reproduce, but the reporter can. Is it reasonable for the maintainer > to email the reporter and ask whether a new version fixes the problem, > or is that considered obnoxious? I think it's a

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Eric Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't > reproduce, but the reporter can. Is it reasonable for the maintainer > to email the reporter and ask whether a new version fixes the problem, > or is that considered obnoxious? It's certainly

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-08 16:18]: > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 09:53 -0500, Eric Cooper wrote: > > Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't > > reproduce, but the reporter can. Is it reasonable for the maintainer > > to email the reporter and ask whether a ne

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 08, Eric Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't > reproduce, but the reporter can. Is it reasonable for the maintainer > to email the reporter and ask whether a new version fixes the problem, > or is that considered obnoxious? It's

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 09:53 -0500, Eric Cooper wrote: > Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't > reproduce, but the reporter can. Is it reasonable for the maintainer > to email the reporter and ask whether a new version fixes the problem, > or is that considered obnoxious? D

Re: bug closing etiquette

2005-11-08 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Eric Cooper in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't > reproduce, but the reporter can. Is it reasonable for the maintainer > to email the reporter and ask whether a new version fixes the problem, > or is that considered obnoxious? You mean, rather