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Re: Will my reportbug report be seen?

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On Sat 11 Sep 2021 at 12:44:30 -0400, Steve Dondley wrote:

> On 2021-09-11 06:27 AM, Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 10 Sep 2021 at 20:22:43 -0400, Steve Dondley wrote:
> > 
> > > On 2021-09-10 08:15 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 08:10:41PM -0400, Steve Dondley wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Can I just leave this as is? Or can/should I correct it somehow?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok, while I was writing that last email, I got another confirmation:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=994068
> > > > >
> > > > > So I'm probably good?
> > > >
> > > > Someone will probably fix up the metadata.  But this is an extremely
> > > > poor bug report.  It has NO useful details at all.
> > > >
> > > > You're basically relying on someone to go click on the URL you put
> > > > into the subject, read it, analyze it, figure out what it's talking
> > > > about, and then fix up your bug report to be readable.
> > > 
> > > Yeah, had I known my bug report would be thrown in the subject, I
> > > would have
> > > changed things up a bit.
> > > 
> > > The link that got thrown in the subject provides all the details,
> > > however.
> > 
> > The subject line should express as simply as possible what the issue
> > is. In your case it seems to involve stale files. URLs in the body of
> > the mail to *support* the report are OK. A URL that requires some
> > time to read needs thinking about including.
> > 
> > You could submit a new (revamped) report and close #994068. Why wait?
> 
> Not sure if I can close it or if maintainer needs to:
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-bugs/ch4.en.html

It's your submission; you can close it, In fact, any user can clos
 it.
 
> It doesn't state how the originator of the bug report can close it.

Send a mail to xxxxxx-done@bugs.debian.org. Give a reason for the
closure.

-- 
Brian.

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Will my reportbug report be seen? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-09-11 02:10 +0200
  Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-09-11 02:20 +0200
    Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-11 02:20 +0200
      Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-09-11 02:30 +0200
        Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-11 03:20 +0200
      Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-09-11 02:30 +0200
        Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-11 12:30 +0200
          Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-09-11 18:50 +0200
            Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-11 19:00 +0200
              Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-09-12 04:00 +0200
              Debian bug report closed or open? (was: Will my reportbug report be  seen?) l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 09:30 +0200
                Re: Debian bug report closed or open? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-09-12 10:10 +0200
                Re: Debian bug report closed or open? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 12:30 +0200
                Re: Debian bug report closed or open? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-09-12 12:50 +0200
                Re: Debian bug report closed or open? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-12 13:50 +0200
                Re: Debian bug report closed or open? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 18:30 +0200
                Re: Debian bug report closed or open? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-12 19:20 +0200
        Re: Will my reportbug report be seen? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-12 12:00 +0200

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