[17:14] <DalekSec> Howdy.  Sorry to bother, but is the changelog parser to close bugs not working or been changed?
[17:25] <cjwatson> DalekSec: Not aware of any changes.  The parser component is actually on the uploader's side (in dpkg-genchanges), technically speaking.  Do you have an example of something not working that you expected to work?
[17:28] <DalekSec> I see, thanks.
[17:32] <DalekSec> cjwatson: Just noticed that the skype-bin upload was closed manually, and bug 1000416 wasn't closed as well.
[17:32] <ubot5> bug 1000416 in Ubuntu "[needs-packaging] Thunar Dropbox" [Wishlist,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1000416
[17:40] <cjwatson> DalekSec: 1000416 is explained by the fact that you can only close bugs on the matching package in Ubuntu, not bugs that are just filed against "Ubuntu".
[17:41] <cjwatson> DalekSec: Of course the package doesn't necessarily exist in Launchpad until it's uploaded, so most needs-packaging bugs don't get closed this way.  (It's possible to work around this by first uploading to a PPA.  Most people either don't know about this or don't bother.)
[17:43] <DalekSec> Interesting, didn't know that.
[17:43] <cjwatson> DalekSec: My guess in the skype case is that it's because it was initially uploaded to precise, and there wasn't a precise task on the bug.  The changelog parser on the client side worked fine - you can see the Launchpad-Bugs-Fixed field in http://launchpadlibrarian.net/181344197/skype_4.3.0.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_source.changes
[17:44] <cjwatson> Not sure why the copy forward didn't close it, though.  Maybe partner is weird, or maybe I'm misremembering how copies work in this situation.
[17:45] <DalekSec> Wasn't sure if the one was a strange partner edge case or not.  Well sorry for the trouble, and thanks for the information.
[17:45] <cjwatson> Oh, it's a strange partner edge case.
[17:45] <cjwatson>     if (target.pocket in banned_pockets or
[17:45] <cjwatson>        target.archive.purpose != ArchivePurpose.PRIMARY):
[17:45] <cjwatson>         return False
[17:46] <cjwatson> Possibly that should be target.archive.is_main so that it allows partner too.  File a bug?
[17:47] <cjwatson> No real reason partner uploads shouldn't be allowed to close bugs.
[17:47] <cjwatson> Partner is horrible, but if it has to exist then it might as well be a little less annoying. :-)
[17:55] <DalekSec> Hah. :P
[17:58] <DalekSec> I'd have another question about a package in partner, but I'll save that for the proper channel.