Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers
Bill Allombert <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:02:42 +0200
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 09:16:58AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote: > hi zack & serafi, > > zack, 15 years ago you reported #620686 and now serafi thankfully > wrote a patch, which I applaud, however I'm not entirely sure whether > it's not a bit too harsh, thus I would like a comment from you... > > (I fear that people could use this paragraph (as it is) to justify > reporting people for a few mistakes and I also wonder whether the > community should be mentioned in this paragraph as well.) I agree with Holger, this does not match current practice. In practice packages are marked RC-buggy and removed from testing. Cheers,