               Methods of accessing the bug tracking system logs

Accessing active bug reports

   Each message received at or sent by the bug processing system is
   logged and made available in a number of ways.

   The primary access method is to to use the web pages. See the forms on
   the main BTS page at http://bugs.debian.org/

   There is a mailserver which can send bug reports as plain text on
   request. To use it send the word help as the sole contents of an email
   to request@bugs.debian.org (the Subject of the message is ignored), or
   read the instructions on the World Wide Web or in the file
   bug-log-mailserver.txt.

Accessing archived bug reports

   Each closed bug report is archived 28 days after the last message
   relating to it is received and filed. This means that it is no longer
   possible to access it or change anything about it using the control
   and service bots. However, the reports are still accessible for
   viewing.

   You can search the bug report archive using the WWW forms at
   http://bugs.debian.org/, simply select the "archived bugs" option.

   Note that it doesn't contain the oldest closed bug reports, only those
   after #40000, approximately.
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    Debian bug tracking system
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