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On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 18:32 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 00:34:39 +0000 (UTC) |
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> Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> > When I open or CC on a bug that then gets fixed, I often feel like |
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> > adding a thanks to the bug. However, while it may be polite in other |
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> > circumstances, in this case it could be viewed as bug spam, so I've |
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> > hesitated. |
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> Thanks isn't spam to me ... we don't get enough of it, and it's |
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> certainly worth an email or two per bug. |
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Right. As Donnie says, it is definitely appreciated. I'd still |
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recommend a direct email over a bug comment simply because of the |
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reduced overhead on our mail servers. It is pretty rare that a bug only |
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sends email to one person. Anything more than that and it's being |
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wasteful of resources. After all, if it is your bug, both you and the |
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developer will get the email, which means our mail system has to process |
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two emails, rather than just the one sent from you to the dev directly. |
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I definitely don't want to discourage anyone from giving thanks if they |
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want. Hell, I don't even want to discourage people from doing it in bug |
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comments. I'd just recommend that they rather do it in a direct email, |
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instead. |
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