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On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Stroller |
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<stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 29 Mar 2010, at 13:22, Dale wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>> ... |
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>>> Filling bug reports is important. I filled over 50 on b.g.o this year |
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>>> alone. All of them are version bumps or bad homepages. Some programs haven't |
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>>> been bumped for 5 years. |
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>> |
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>> That is true but I don't have a account there. Someone else does so they |
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>> filed it for me. I don't guess it matters who files it as long as it is |
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>> filed. |
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> It's helpful if you can subscribe to email updates, and help test when |
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> revisions are available. |
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> |
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> Sometimes an ebuild is posted to as an attachment to the bug - you download |
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> it and add it to your local overlay. Thus you may get the updated version |
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> before it's available in the Portage tree (some ebuilds are attached to bugs |
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> for packages which never become accepted) and you can at least add a "works |
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> for me" comment and encourage the devs by remarking how useful it is to you. |
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And even if you've got nothing new to contribute to the problem, you |
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can vote for bugs that are important to you. |
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