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Dale E. Martin

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Oct 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM10/9/98
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I maintain cdparanoia, which has bug #23236 filed against it. This is an
alpha version of the software, and the bug is that a feature isn't yet
implemented. I don't want this to keep this package out of the new
release, as its base functionality works extremely well.

Sorry if I'm missing something obvious!

Thanks,
Dale
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Santiago Vila

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Oct 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM10/9/98
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On 9 Oct 1998, Dale E. Martin wrote:

> I maintain cdparanoia, which has bug #23236 filed against it. This is an
> alpha version of the software, and the bug is that a feature isn't yet
> implemented. I don't want this to keep this package out of the new
> release, as its base functionality works extremely well.
>
> Sorry if I'm missing something obvious!

If the distribution as a whole is better with the package in its current
state than without it at all, the bug may be downgraded to normal.

Whether you should do this yourlself, let the release manager to do it,
do it now, or do it just before the release, I don't know...

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Adam P. Harris

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Oct 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM10/9/98
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dma...@clifton-labs.com (Dale E. Martin) writes:
> I maintain cdparanoia, which has bug #23236 filed against it. This is an
> alpha version of the software, and the bug is that a feature isn't yet
> implemented.

> I don't want this to keep this package out of the new
> release, as its base functionality works extremely well.
>
> Sorry if I'm missing something obvious!

You are. For one, the bug is only of normal severity. Only bugs of
severity Important or greater will keep it out of the stable
distribution.

Moreover, if it's a bug in the upstream software, its not officially
your duty to fix it. You can forward the bug report to the upstream
maintainers and mark the bug as "forwarded".

You should read the developers-reference materials and
/usr/doc/debian/bug*

.....A. P. Harris...apharris@onShore.com...<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>

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