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diff --git a/includes/etch/common/doc/bug-maint-info.txt b/includes/etch/common/doc/bug-maint-info.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e8b0206a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/includes/etch/common/doc/bug-maint-info.txt @@ -0,0 +1,409 @@ +Developers' information regarding the bug processing system + + Initially, a bug report is submitted by a user as an ordinary mail + message to submit@bugs.debian.org. This will then be given a number, + acknowledged to the user, and forwarded to debian-bugs-dist. If the + submitter included a Package line listing a package with a known + maintainer the maintainer will get a copy too. + + The Subject line will have Bug#nnn: added, and the Reply-To will be + set to include both the submitter of the report and + nnn@bugs.debian.org. + _________________________________________________________________ + + * Closing bug reports + * Followup messages + * Severity levels + * Tags for bug reports + * Recording that you have passed on a bug report + * Changing bug ownership + * Incorrectly listed package maintainers + * Reopening, reassigning and manipulating bugs + * Subscribing to bugs + * More-or-less obsolete subject-scanning feature + * Obsolete X-Debian-PR: quiet feature + _________________________________________________________________ + +Closing bug reports + + Debian bug reports should be closed when the problem is fixed. + Problems in packages can only be considered fixed once a package that + includes the bug fix enters the Debian archive. + + Normally, the only people that should close a bug report are the + submitter of the bug and the maintainer(s) of the package against + which the bug is filed. There are exceptions to this rule, for + example, the bugs filed against unknown packages or certain generic + pseudo-packages. When in doubt, don't close bugs, first ask for advice + on the debian-devel mailing list. + + Bug reports should be closed by sending email to + nnn-done@bugs.debian.org. The message body needs to contain an + explanation of how the bug was fixed. + + With the emails received from the bug tracking system, all you need to + do to close the bug is to make a Reply in your mail reader program and + edit the To field to say nnn-done@bugs.debian.org instead of + nnn@bugs.debian.org (nnn-close is provided as an alias for nnn-done). + + Where applicable, please supply a Version line in the pseudo-header of + your message when closing a bug, so that the bug tracking system knows + which releases of the package contain the fix. + + The person closing the bug, the person who submitted it and the + debian-bugs-closed mailing list will each get a notification about the + change in status of the report. The submitter and the mailing list + will also receive the contents of the message sent to nnn-done. + +Followup messages + + The bug tracking system will include the submitter's address and the + bug address (nnn@bugs.debian.org) in the Reply-To header after + forwarding the bug report. Please note that these are two distinct + addresses. + + If a developer wishes to reply to a bug report they should simply + reply to the message, respecting the Reply-To header. This will not + close the bug. + + The bug tracking system will receive the message at + nnn@bugs.debian.org, pass it on to the package maintainer, file the + reply with the rest of the logs for that bug report and forward it to + debian-bugs-dist. + + Sending a message to nnn-submitter@bugs.debian.org will explicitly + email the submitter of the bug and place a copy in the Bug tracking + system. The message will not be sent to package maintainer. + + If you wish to send a followup message which is not appropriate for + debian-bugs-dist you can do so by sending it to + nnn-quiet@bugs.debian.org or nnn-maintonly@bugs.debian.org. Mail to + nnn-quiet@bugs.debian.org is filed in the Bug Tracking System but is + not delivered to any individuals or mailing lists. Mail to + nnn-maintonly@bugs.debian.org is filed in the Bug Tracking System and + is delivered only to the maintainer of the package in question. + + Do not use the "reply to all recipients" or "followup" feature of your + mailer unless you intend to edit down the recipients substantially. In + particular, see that you don't send followup messages to + submit@bugs.debian.org. + + For more information about headers to suppress ACK messages and how to + send carbon copies using the Bug Tracking System, see the instructions + for reporting bugs. + +Severity levels + + The bug system records a severity level with each bug report. This is + set to normal by default, but can be overridden either by supplying a + Severity line in the pseudo-header when the bug is submitted (see the + instructions for reporting bugs), or by using the severity command + with the control request server. + + The severity levels are: + + critical + makes unrelated software on the system (or the whole system) + break, or causes serious data loss, or introduces a security + hole on systems where you install the package. + + grave + makes the package in question unusable or mostly so, or causes + data loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the + accounts of users who use the package. + + serious + is a severe violation of Debian policy (roughly, it violates a + "must" or "required" directive), or, in the package + maintainer's or release manager's opinion, makes the package + unsuitable for release. + + important + a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, + without rendering it completely unusable to everyone. + + normal + the default value, applicable to most bugs. + + minor + a problem which doesn't affect the package's usefulness, and is + presumably trivial to fix. + + wishlist + for any feature request, and also for any bugs that are very + difficult to fix due to major design considerations. + + Certain severities are considered release-critical, meaning the bug + will have an impact on releasing the package with the stable release + of Debian. Currently, these are critical, grave and serious. For + complete and canonical rules on what issues merit these severities, + see the list of Release-Critical Issues for Lenny. + +Tags for bug reports + + Each bug can have zero or more of a set of given tags. These tags are + displayed in the list of bugs when you look at a package's page, and + when you look at the full bug log. + + Tags can be set by supplying a Tags line in the pseudo-header when the + bug is submitted (see the instructions for reporting bugs), or by + using the tags command with the control request server. Separate + multiple tags with commas, spaces, or both. + + The current bug tags are: + + patch + A patch or some other easy procedure for fixing the bug is + included in the bug logs. If there's a patch, but it doesn't + resolve the bug adequately or causes some other problems, this + tag should not be used. + + wontfix + This bug won't be fixed. Possibly because this is a choice + between two arbitrary ways of doing things and the maintainer + and submitter prefer different ways of doing things, possibly + because changing the behaviour will cause other, worse, + problems for others, or possibly for other reasons. + + moreinfo + This bug can't be addressed until more information is provided + by the submitter. The bug will be closed if the submitter + doesn't provide more information in a reasonable (few months) + timeframe. This is for bugs like "It doesn't work". What + doesn't work? + + unreproducible + This bug can't be reproduced on the maintainer's system. + Assistance from third parties is needed in diagnosing the cause + of the problem. + + help + The maintainer is requesting help with dealing with this bug. + + pending + A solution to this bug has been found and an upload will be + made soon. + + fixed + This bug is fixed or worked around (by a non-maintainer upload, + for example), but there's still an issue that needs to be + resolved. This tag replaces the old "fixed" severity. + + security + This bug describes a security problem in a package (e.g., bad + permissions allowing access to data that shouldn't be + accessible; buffer overruns allowing people to control a system + in ways they shouldn't be able to; denial of service attacks + that should be fixed, etc). Most security bugs should also be + set at critical or grave severity. + + upstream + This bug applies to the upstream part of the package. + + confirmed + The maintainer has looked at, understands, and basically agrees + with the bug, but has yet to fix it. (Use of this tag is + optional; it is intended mostly for maintainers who need to + manage large numbers of open bugs.) + + fixed-upstream + The bug has been fixed by the upstream maintainer, but not yet + in the package (for whatever reason: perhaps it is too + complicated to backport the change or too minor to be worth + bothering). + + fixed-in-experimental + The bug has been fixed in the package of the experimental + distribution, but not yet in the unstable distribution. + + d-i + This bug is relevant to the development of debian-installer. It + is expected that this will be used when the bug affects + installer development but is not filed against a package that + forms a direct part of the installer itself. + + ipv6 + This bug affects support for Internet Protocol version 6. + + lfs + This bug affects support for large files (over 2 gigabytes). + + l10n + This bug is relevant to the localisation of the package. + + potato + This bug particularly applies to the potato release of Debian. + + woody + This bug particularly applies to the woody distribution. + + sarge + This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in sarge. + + sarge-ignore + This release-critical bug is to be ignored for the purposes of + releasing sarge. This tag should only be used by the release + manager; do not set it yourself without explicit authorization + from them. + + etch + This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in etch. + + etch-ignore + This release-critical bug is to be ignored for the purposes of + releasing etch. This tag should only be used by the release + manager; do not set it yourself without explicit authorization + from them. + + lenny + This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in lenny. + + lenny-ignore + This release-critical bug is to be ignored for the purposes of + releasing lenny. This tag should only be used by the release + manager(s); do not set it yourself without explicit + authorization from them. + + sid + This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in sid. + + experimental + This bug should not be archived until it is fixed in + experimental. + + The meanings of the latter 8 tags have changed recently; the ignore + tags ignore the bug for the purpose of a testing propagation. The + release tags, which used to only indicate which bugs affected a + specific release, now indicate when a bug can be archived, and are + otherwise ignored by the BTS. However, they may be utilized by other + tools like the testing propagation scripts. + +Recording that you have passed on a bug report + + When a developer forwards a bug report to the developer of the + upstream source package from which the Debian package is derived, they + should note this in the bug tracking system as follows: + + Make sure that the To field of your message to the author has only the + author(s) address(es) in it; put the person who reported the bug, + nnn-forwarded@bugs.debian.org and nnn@bugs.debian.org in the CC field. + + Ask the author to preserve the CC to nnn-forwarded@bugs.debian.org + when they reply, so that the bug tracking system will file their reply + with the original report. These messages are only filed and are not + sent on; to send a message as normal, send them to nnn@bugs.debian.org + as well. + + When the bug tracking system gets a message at nnn-forwarded it will + mark the relevant bug as having been forwarded to the address(es) in + the To field of the message it gets, if the bug is not already marked + as forwarded. + + You can also manipulate the "forwarded to" information by sending + messages to control@bugs.debian.org. + +Changing bug ownership + + In cases where the person responsible for fixing a bug is not the + assigned maintainer for the associated package (for example, when the + package is maintained by a team), it may be useful to record this fact + in the bug tracking system. To help with this, each bug may optionally + have an owner. + + The owner can be set by supplying an Owner line in the pseudo-header + when the bug is submitted (see the instructions for reporting bugs), + or by using the owner and noowner commands with the control request + server. + +Incorrectly listed package maintainers + + If the maintainer of a package is listed incorrectly, this is usually + because the maintainer has changed recently, and the new maintainer + hasn't yet uploaded a new version of the package with a changed + Maintainer control file field. This will be fixed when the package is + uploaded; alternatively, the archive maintainers can override the + maintainer record of a package manually, for example if a rebuild and + reupload of the package is not expected to be needed soon. Contact + override-change@debian.org for changes to the override file. + +Reopening, reassigning and manipulating bugs + + It is possible to reassign bug reports to other packages, to reopen + erroneously-closed ones, to modify the information saying to where, if + anywhere, a bug report has been forwarded, to change the severities + and titles of reports, to set the ownership of bugs, to merge and + unmerge bug reports, and to record the versions of packages in which + bugs were found and in which they were fixed. This is done by sending + mail to control@bugs.debian.org. + + The format of these messages is described in another document + available on the World Wide Web or in the file + bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt. A plain text version can also be obtained + by mailing the word help to the server at the address above. + +Subscribing to bugs + + The bug tracking system also allows bug submitters, developers and + other interested third parties to subscribe to individual bugs. This + feature can be used by those wishing to keep an eye on a bug, without + having to subscribe to a package through the PTS. All messages that + are received at nnn@bugs.debian.org, are sent to subscribers. + + Subscribing to a bug can be done by sending an email to + nnn-subscribe@bugs.debian.org. The subject and body of the email are + ignored by the BTS. Once this message is processed, users are sent a + confirmation message that they will need to reply to before they are + sent the messages relating to that bug. + + It is also possible to unsubscribe from a bug. Unsubscribing can be + done by sending an email to nnn-unsubscribe@bugs.debian.org. The + subject and body of the email are again ignored by the BTS. Users will + be sent a confirmation message which they must reply to if they wish + to be unsubscribed from the bug. + + By default, the address subscribed is the one found in the From + header. If you wish to subscribe another address to a bug, you will + need to encode the address to be subscribed into the subscription + message. This takes the form of: + nnn-subscribe-localpart=example.com@bugs.debian.org. That example + would send localpart@example.com a subscription message for bug nnn. + The @ sign must be encoded by changing it to an = sign. Similarly, an + unsubscription takes the form + nnn-unsubscribe-localpart=example.com@bugs.debian.org. In both cases, + the subject and body of the email will be forwarded to the email + address within the request for confirmation. + +More-or-less obsolete subject-scanning feature + + Messages that arrive at submit or bugs whose Subject starts Bug#nnn + will be treated as having been sent to nnn@bugs.debian.org. This is + both for backwards compatibility with mail forwarded from the old + addresses, and to catch followup mail sent to submit by mistake (for + example, by using reply to all recipients). + + A similar scheme operates for maintonly, done, quiet and forwarded, + which treat mail arriving with a Subject tag as having been sent to + the corresponding nnn-whatever@bugs.debian.org address. + + Messages arriving at plain forwarded and done -- ie, with no bug + report number in the address -- and without a bug number in the + Subject will be filed under "junk" and kept for a few weeks, but + otherwise ignored. + +Obsolete X-Debian-PR: quiet feature + + It used to be possible to prevent the bug tracking system from + forwarding anywhere messages it received at debian-bugs, by putting an + X-Debian-PR: quiet line in the actual mail header. + + This header line is now ignored. Instead, send your message to quiet + or nnn-quiet (or maintonly or nnn-maintonly). + _________________________________________________________________ + + Debian BTS administrators <owner@bugs.debian.org> + + Debian bug tracking system + Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, + 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. + _________________________________________________________________ + |