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Hello all, |
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I was under the impression that when a user finds a bug in his Gentoo |
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installation, no matter in which package, he should file a bug in our |
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bugzilla. |
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Today I found a bug in the vanilla 2.6.8-rc4 kernel and I added a bug |
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for it so people who would encounter the bug could find it and use |
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the attached patch or decide to wait for a new version. |
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However, I was told that it is policy to redirect anyone filing a bug |
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on vanilla-sources or development-sources (and maybe some other packages) |
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to upstream because the bugs are definitely not related to anything |
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made by Gentoo developers. |
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So I asked myself: why should a Gentoo user first think about where |
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to file a bug report? I think it is or should be a service that we |
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offer to our users if we act as a point of contact for anything they |
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run into while using Gentoo. |
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And if a user doesn't have to think about where to file it; if we |
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just close the bug as WONTFIX and redirect them upstream, then we |
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could be generating more work for ourselves as the default search |
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of bugzilla only includes unresolved bugs, so other users would |
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re-report it. |
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Why don't we just keep track of things that are reported by our users, |
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forward things upstream if needed and keep the bugs open until they have |
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been resolved in a new version and that version is available in portage? |
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I'm sorry if I am starting a discussion on something that has been |
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discussed before, but I could not find any policy documentation on |
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this. |
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Best regards, |
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Maurice. |
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