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authorSudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>2020-01-27 20:55:17 +0000
committerCarsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@t-online.de>2020-02-02 00:28:27 +0100
commit204e82ebfe88f1243e0f7d9a424fd41a034b7f9b (patch)
treee6ca5f60633f7d88e9cfcb043b0b9f66171bae7a /english/Bugs
parent6fe0157ea6609afaf9875d32c5ca4eecc88d383e (diff)
Fix bug closing statement
Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
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@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ bug fix enters the Debian archive.</p>
<p>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,
+against unknown packages or certain generic pseudo-packages. A bug can also
+be closed by any contributor if the bug is for an <strong>orphaned</strong>
+package or if the maintainer of a package has missed closing it. It is very
+important to mention the version in which the bug was fixed. When in doubt,
don't close bugs, first ask for advice on the debian-devel mailing list.</p>
<p>Bug reports should be closed by sending email to

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