<dl>
<dt><code>reassign</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>package</var>
+ [ <var>version</var> ]
<dd>Records that $gBug #<var>${gBug}number</var> is a $gBug in <var>package</var>.
This can be used to set the package if the user forgot the
are sent to anyone (other than the usual information in the processing
transcript).
+ <p>If you supply a <var>version</var>, the $gBug tracking system will note
+ that the $gBug affects that version of the newly-assigned package.
+
<dt><code>reopen</code> <var>bugnumber</var>
[ <var>originator-address</var> | <code>=</code> | <code>!</code> ]
use the <code>submitter</code> command; note that this will inform the
original submitter of the change.
+ <p>If the $gBug was recorded as being closed in a particular version of a
+ package but recurred in a later version, it is better to use the
+ <code>found</code> command instead.
+
+<dt><code>found</code> <var>bugnumber</var> [ <var>version</var> ]
+
+ <dd>Record that #<var>bugnumber</var> has been encountered in the given
+ <var>version</var> of the package to which it is assigned.
+
+ <p>The $gBug tracking system uses this information, in conjunction with
+ fixed versions recorded when closing $gBugs, to display lists of $gBugs
+ open in various versions of each package. It considers a $gBug to be open
+ when it has no fixed version, or when it has been found more recently than
+ it has been fixed.
+
+ <p>If no <var>version</var> is given, then the list of fixed versions for
+ the $gBug is cleared. This is identical to the behaviour of
+ <code>reopen</code>.
+
+ <p>This command was introduced in preference to <code>reopen</code>
+ because it was difficult to add a <var>version</var> to that command's
+ syntax without suffering ambiguity.
+
<dt><code>submitter</code> <var>bugnumber</var>
<var>originator-address</var> | <code>!</code>
<p>For <a href="Developer.html#tags">their meanings</a> please consult the
general developers' documentation for the $gBug system.
-<dt><code>close</code> <var>bugnumber</var> (deprecated)
+<dt><code>close</code> <var>bugnumber</var> [ <var>fixed-version</var> ]
+ (deprecated)
<dd>Close $gBug report #<var>bugnumber</var>.
who reported the $gBug knows why it is being closed.
The use of this command is therefore deprecated.
+ <p>If you supply a <var>fixed-version</var>, the $gBug tracking system
+ will note that the $gBug was fixed in that version of the package.
+
<dt><code>package</code> [ <var>packagename</var> ... ]
<dd>Limits the following commands so that they will only apply to bugs
<pre>
package foo
- reassign 123456 bar
+ reassign 123456 bar 1.0-1
package bar
retitle 123456 bar: bar sucks