Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: bug wrangler queue is large...

[Markos Chandras]

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 09:27:08AM +0000, Duncan wrote:
> Jeroen Roovers posted on Wed, 26 May 2010 05:08:44 +0200 as excerpted:
>
> > On Tue, 25 May 2010 23:40:44 +0200
> > Harald van Dijk <truedfx@g.o> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, people like myself who don't normally wrangle bugs but try to help
> >> out occasionally. I'm not really interested in receiving all bug
> >> wrangler e-mails.
> >
> > Nobody should be required to read all that crap. :)
>
> I've often wished there was a way to flag a bug as "I'm not thru messing
> with it yet, don't mail anyone yet."  That's especially true when I know
> I'm going to be attaching 2-3 addition files, emerge --info, build log,
> maybe sth else like a config file or even a patch, where I know the
> wranglers are going to get all those extra mails.
>
> Or, if there was a way to attach files as part of the initial filing, but
> if there is, I've not found it.
>
> Alternatively, for normal bugs at least, maybe attaching emerge --info can
> be made a part of the process, with the post-submit note saying the bug
> won't be reported until that second step.  (Then for bugs that clearly
> don't need it, where the bug's clearly in an initscript or something, have
> a checkbox on that second step saying "emerge --info shouldn't be needed
> for this.")  That would both encourage emerge --info submission AND
> prevent one layer of bug spam at the same time! =:^)
>
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> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
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>
>
The queue is almost 100 bugs long again. We could really use some help here.
Thanks
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Markos Chandras (hwoarang)
Gentoo Linux Developer
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