Comment 2 for bug 308917

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 308917] Re: auto-close bugs with unusable stack trace and outdated packages

Chris Coulson [2008-12-17 13:15 -0000]:
> Sometimes we don't close the bugs straight away, but often give the
> reporter the opportunity to obtain a backtrace if the crash is
> repeatable. I don't know if that's the correct way to handle them
> though.

For obsolete packages I thought about providing a comment about
updating the system and attempting to get the crash again. Apport will
file a new bug in that case anyway, so there isn't much use in keeping
the old one around IMHO.