Bug#288753: Bug#289327: merging duplicate bug

[Norbert]

Am 10.01.2005 04:27:02 schrieb(en) Branden Robinson:
> severity 289327 normal
> retitle 289327 internal error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-cursor-=20
> theme
> corrupt: missing newline after manflag
> ressign 289327 gtk2-engines-industrial
> merge 288753 289327
> thanks
>=20
> Sir,
>=20
> Filing multiple reports about a problem against different packages =20
> and with
> varying severities is neither the proper way to communicate with a
> volunteer-driver project, nor does it appreciably increase the
> likelihood
> that your problem will be resolved in a timely fashion.
>=20
> You filed #288753 on 5 January against gtk2-engines-industrial with
> normal
> severity, reporting the following problem:
>=20
>   internal error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-cursor-theme corrupt:
> missing
>   newline after manflag
>=20
> You then filed #289327 on 8 January against xlibs-data, reporting the
> exact
> same problem.  This time with *CRITICAL* severity.
>

This problem came from an other package during an upgrade.

> On 9 January, Josselin Mouette attempted to contact you regarding
> #288753,
> but you have not yet replied.
>=20
> If you do not plan to respond to this query for further information,
> then
> that, too, is not a good way to interact with volunteer developers.

The mail arrived at 00:34:58 local time. I replied on the 10th of =20
January.

>=20
> In, the future, please do not file duplicate bug reports.  It causes
> people
> to spend time identifying and merging those duplicates, and =20
> attempting
> to
> write patient mails to the submittes, that could be spent researching
> the
> problems reported and working towards a solution.

Sorry fot that but after the upgrade GNOME could not start anymore. So =20
I sent the bug-report.


Norbert