Comment 8 for bug 122073

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 14:09 +0000, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> Sure, but when the package maintainer says they maintain the package for
> both in Debian, it makes sense to fix it in Debian. I won't fight you
> over the bug status, but I'm certainly not going to uploade the fix.

So, time for meta-discussion then.

I think the following applies -
 - if we are in UVF then uploading within ubuntu is appropriate.
 - We should not redirect *bug reporters* to Debian, if we decide within
Ubuntu that the right way to fix a bug X is to open it in Debian, thats
completely fine: *we*, the Ubuntu developer working on the fix, should
open the bug in debian, and link that to the Ubuntu bug in Malone.

Closing the bug in Ubuntu just because it needs to be open in Debian too
is harmful for several reasons:
 - the existing state that has been built up about the issue is lost
 - the fact the bug still exists in Ubuntu is lost - you are encouraging
dups to be filed.
 - the person that filed the bug is likely not familiar with Debian, and
thus this is a negative experience for them - rather than dealing with
the issue we are saying 'no, not us, go over there' - and thats unfair
to the person filing the bug.

-Rob

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