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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 09:27:08AM +0000, Duncan wrote: |
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> Jeroen Roovers posted on Wed, 26 May 2010 05:08:44 +0200 as excerpted: |
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> > On Tue, 25 May 2010 23:40:44 +0200 |
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> > Harald van Dijk <truedfx@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> Yes, people like myself who don't normally wrangle bugs but try to help |
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> >> out occasionally. I'm not really interested in receiving all bug |
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> >> wrangler e-mails. |
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> > Nobody should be required to read all that crap. :) |
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> I've often wished there was a way to flag a bug as "I'm not thru messing |
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> with it yet, don't mail anyone yet." That's especially true when I know |
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> I'm going to be attaching 2-3 addition files, emerge --info, build log, |
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> maybe sth else like a config file or even a patch, where I know the |
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> wranglers are going to get all those extra mails. |
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> Or, if there was a way to attach files as part of the initial filing, but |
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> if there is, I've not found it. |
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> Alternatively, for normal bugs at least, maybe attaching emerge --info can |
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> be made a part of the process, with the post-submit note saying the bug |
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> won't be reported until that second step. (Then for bugs that clearly |
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> don't need it, where the bug's clearly in an initscript or something, have |
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> a checkbox on that second step saying "emerge --info shouldn't be needed |
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> for this.") That would both encourage emerge --info submission AND |
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> prevent one layer of bug spam at the same time! =:^) |
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> -- |
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> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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The queue is almost 100 bugs long again. We could really use some help here. |
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Thanks |
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Markos Chandras (hwoarang) |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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Web: http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org |
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