Can we collaborate with Debian better?

[Benjamin Drung]

On Mon, 2024-05-06 at 12:00 -0700, Dima Kogan wrote:
> Thanks for the replies, everybody. This was helpful.
> 
> First off, let me ask about the bug tracker divergence. There are a
> number of bugs in Ubuntu launchpad, describing issues that have long
> been fixed in Debian. For instance:
> 
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlfeat/+bug/1313166
> 
> I'm not the Ubuntu maintainer, so I can't close these bugs.

Not sure if we have a recommended way, but here is what I would suggest:
You could add a comment stating "This bug was fixed in $package $version
in Ubuntu $version ($codename)". Afterwards ask in #ubuntu-devel or
#ubuntu-bugs to close this bug. If there is a equivalent bug report in
Debian, you could ask to link them.

> Are yall
> saying that it's the responsibility of the Ubuntu maintainers to close
> these, and they just haven't gotten around to it yet?

Yes, but as mentioned earlier, we are not enough Ubuntu maintainer and
therefore you can easily find bug reports lingering around. So help
there is welcome. You could gain the permissions. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs and
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugControl


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Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer