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On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Andreas K. Huettel |
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<dilfridge@g.o> wrote: |
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> Am Samstag, 18. Oktober 2014, 19:34:52 schrieb Pacho Ramos: |
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>> > |
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>> > Perhaps a stupid question, but: why is it a problem if the logs are |
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>> > linked rather than attached? |
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>> Supposedly we always must attach files to bug reports to ensure they are |
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>> kept forever with that bug reports instead of relying on external |
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>> resources that could disappear in the future (or far future). |
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> It isn't (in my opinion) a problem *per se* if Diego does it the way he does |
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> it now. The reason being that *he* knows the logs should be available for a |
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> long time afterwards and takes care of that properly. So, Diego, I'm perfectly |
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> fine with accepting your bug reports, and I would be very glad if you also |
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> started tinderboxing again. |
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> Globally, on the long run it *is* not so nice to link the logs for the one |
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> reason that we need to teach our users to attach logs instead of linking them. |
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> (Since they do not automatically apply the same level of care.) Now if they |
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> keep stumbling on bugs where the logs are just linked instead of attached, |
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> this gets harder and harder. A case of "make a policy, expect everyone else to |
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> stick to it and go ahead with a bad example". |
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Agree, but IMO facilitating tinderboxing TODAY is much more important |
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than having a completely uniform policy TOMORROW, and I think you're |
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on the same page with this. |
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It might make sense to build a little script that goes looking for new |
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tinderbox bugs, fetches the logs, and attaches them. This should by |
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no means be a blocker to doing runs. |
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If maintainers want to NEEDINFO or WONTFIX a tinderbox bug, well, |
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they'll be the ones picking up the pieces when the gcc upgrade moves |
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ahead. Frankly, the tinderbox bugs that I've gotten from Diego have |
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been some of the most usefully-populated ones I've seen, and he |
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usually includes recommendations for best-practices/etc in them as |
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well. I don't get why anybody wouldn't like seeing them. |
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Rich |
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