also sprach Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debi...> [2009.09.10.1545 +0200]:
> I'd like to remind maintainers that in order to reach bug reporters to
> ask for tests etc. you _need_ to explicitely Cc the bug reporter, else
> he won't receive the mail and of course not do the tests etc.  It's now
> quite a few times that I have received a "you didn't answer" mail...

As others have stated, I think this is wrong and the submitter
should receive all mail. In the mean time, those submitters who
would like not to wait debbugs to do the IMHO sensible thing can do
what I did:

  http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-i-file/

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