Re: Bug tracker and transplants

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 1 April 2011 14:06, Rik <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 04/01/2011 10:00 AM, address@hidden wrote:
>> This just got fixed by Rik with a hg change set, which I assume
>> applies to devel sources, and now it's not on the tracker. But I guess
>> that it's not fixed in stable, and if it's no longer on the tracker.
>> One of the reasons I posted here was to serve as a reminder for stable
>> (same goes for the ols.m patch the other day). I don't understand how
>> the tracker works for bugs against devel and stable, does one need to
>> make two separate reports?

> As far as I understand it, the version field is extra information, like the
> operating system, that helps to narrow down where a bug might lie.  I don't
> think it's being used in the way you suggest (to track which bugs need to
> be transplanted).

Would I be entirely too repetitive if I insist that it would be better
to avoid these problems by patching on stable and merging the patches
onto default?

- Jordi G. H.