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6 If a maintainer closes a bug, and after a single round of explanation,
7 still does not agree with reopening the bug, the bug should stay
10 If you disagree with the maintainer, then your choices are to either
13 1) convince the maintainer that your viewpoint is correct, preferably
14 by submitting a patch which fixes the perceived problem, along with
15 rationale as to why the patch is correct.
17 2) attempt to convince the technical committee that the maintainer is
18 incorrect, and should be overridden. This necessitates a patch as
21 In neither case should you reopen bugs that a maintainer has
22 closed.[1] Continuing to do so will result in restricting your use of
23 control@bugs.debian.org.
28 1: It is of course acceptable to reopen a bug in cases when the
29 maintainer is likely to agree with you, but that is clearly not the