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why offlist? |
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Robert R. Russell wrote: |
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> Stabilization reports for ~xorg-x11 and the ~xf86-video-intel drivers aren't |
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> likely to go any where given the number of issues people are asking about on |
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> the forums |
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But the important thing is that you notify the maintainers that you're |
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in trouble. That may encourage them to focus more on the remaining |
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blockers. But at the very minimum it makes them aware, and it serves as |
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documentation for others who may hit the same problem. |
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> and the time taken to fix even simple bugs like this one |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227895 |
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You can't judge the whole of Gentoo on your experience with one bug. It |
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is also not an excuse for not filing the bugs, even if they take a while |
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to get fixed. A user reporting the problem is just as significant as a |
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developer fixing it. |
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> A more accurate guide to what the devs want on a filed bug report |
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> or a reply to a bug report( patches to the ebuilds, patches to the software, |
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> and the like) would help me out in giving the devs what they need or want. |
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Suggestions appreciated. My advice would be, if something is broken, |
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then file a bug (after doing some sanity checking to attempt to confirm |
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it's not your fault, and nobody else has filed it). |
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> As far as the kile stabilization report, what priority do stabilization |
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> reports need? Do I need to give exact details on what doesn't work in the old |
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> version compared to the new version, which is unlikely because I can't even |
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> remember the problem that forced an upgrade? |
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I wouldn't bother with the priority field. But information on the |
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benefits and importance of stabling is important. Give developers |
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motivation to fix the bug, by describing what problems the stabilisation |
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solves. |
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> The end of school will also help with the bug filling rate going up in the |
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> next week or so. |
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Great! |
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Daniel |
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