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On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 01:55:51AM +0200, Maurice van der Pot wrote: |
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> To sum up: |
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> - development effort is less if we keep a bug open until a new version is available |
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No, not for me. I'm not going to track all -mm and -rc kernel bugs in |
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the gentoo.org bugzilla. Not to mention all of the normal kernel.org |
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bugs. I have a hard enough time to keep up with the real bugs that we |
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create with our kernel patchset :) |
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> - bug reports to upstream will be done sooner (and in some cases better) |
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You want me to do the reporting? No, I want the original user to report |
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them. They can work with the original developers to determine the |
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problem, and the fix. Working as an intermediary will help no one, and |
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only waste time. |
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> - users don't have to know about development. They see something doesn't |
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> work, they let us know. |
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Why "protect" these helpless users? The more they learn about the way |
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the kernel is developed, the more they learn how they can help out. |
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Possibly some of those users can actually become developers themselves |
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once they realize how easy it is to contribute. We want new developers |
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all the time when it comes to the kernel. |
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So, sorry, but I'm not going to change the way things currently work for |
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the kernel packages and upstream. |
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thanks, |
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greg k-h |
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