[Pkg-privacy-maintainers] Bug#932927: Bug#932927: questions

[Hefee]

Control: tags -1 -moreinfo

Hey,

Thanks for your explanation. I missed the part, that the patch was added 
already. That makes sense to keep the bug open.

regards,

hefee

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On Dienstag, 1. Oktober 2024 22:20:47 CEST Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2024-10-01 22:10, Hefee wrote:
> > Control: tags -1 +moreinfo
> > 
> > Hey Aurelien,
> > 
> > Can you please explain, why you see value in keeping this bug open for
> > more
> > than two years? I see no action item; aka nothing to do at the moment,
> > just
> > wait or do I miss something?
> 
> There is a patch in the BTS to fix the issue. I am waiting for this bug
> to be fixed either by applying the patch, or by an alternative solution.
> 
> > So far I understood, that this bug may come again in future - okay - but
> > every bug could come in future again, that in it self is not a reason to
> > keep the bug open. Why not close this bug now and open it, if you see it
> > again.
> Uninitialized variables can come back even without changing the source
> code, it depends for instance on how the compiler generate code and
> place variables in memory. That's actually very likely how the testsuite
> started to pass on riscv64.
> 
> In short the bug is still there, just it is not visible anymore... for
> now...
> 
> > And the other reason that the riscv porter team needs this bug, you
> > declined and actually removed it from there table.
> 
> Yes, given the testsuite now passes on riscv64, it does not block the
> port anymore. But the bug is still there.
> 
> Regards
> Aurelien

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