Re: Mass-remove zombie golang-*-dev sources before forky?

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 10:07:17AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>...
> Does anyone have thoughts if we should clarify on
> 
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/beyond-pkging.en.html#reporting-lots-of-bugs-at-once-mass-bug-filing
> 
> that mass bug filing of ftp-master RM bugs is not a deprecated practice?
> 
> I'm in particular thinking of this wording:
> 
>    Reporting a great number of bugs for the same problem on a great
>    number of different packages — i.e., more than 10 — is a deprecated
>    practice. Take all possible steps to avoid submitting bulk bugs at
>    all.
> 
> It seems that this is not correct when it comes to ftp-master RM bugs,
> or I misunderstand things.
>...

"on a great number of different packages"

This is about reporting normal bugs against many different packages.

Submitting 20 pu requests or 20 ITPs on a day would not be this kind 
of mass bug filing.

> /Simon

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Adrian