Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (382 mails)

[Jim Henderson <hendersj@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 16 May 2012 20:38:39 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
> > But I don't think it's as simple as telling the reporter "try the
> > version in factory" because I /think/ it's possible that pulling a
> > single package in from factory might well cause additional
> > libraries/dependencies to be brought in as well that /may/ break other
> > things (true statement?  Can someone confirm?)
>
> We should most certainly not be recommending or using Factory to users
> as a part of resolving a bug.

No, but if it's fixed in factory, then the question becomes about 
backporting the fix and/or properly identifying that it has been fixed in 
factory.

It's not a productive use of a developer's time to fix something that's 
already been fixed. :)

Jim

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