Re: Basic questions about the triage process

[Michael Albinus]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> > One needs to read the error message and resubmit the control message
>> > modified as appropriate.  E.g., one example I tend to bump into is
>> > when I merge a bug with another one, and debbugs refuses because their
>> > state is different -- in that case one needs to change the state of
>> > one of the two bugs and then resubmit the merge directive.
>> 
>> Is there some reason not to use forcemerge?
>
> It still requires a new control message, so what I said is still
> valid.  And as long as you do have to send a new control message, why
> not do it right?
>
> Also, note this caveat:
>
>>     Note: you cannot merge with an archived bug - you must unarchive it 
>> first.
>
> IOW, even forcemerge won't always work.

debbugs-gnu could automate this scenario, in case it is desired. Just
request it :-)

Best regards, Michael.