[fab] Non-standard kernels in the Fedora Multiverse

[Josh Boyer]

On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 12:09:03PM -0400, Will Woods wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 10:58 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> 
> > I think Jeremy's fear about misattribution of bugs is a valid one.
> > 
> > I have a dream, though.
> > 
> > I have a dream of a desktop bugzilla client in Fedora.  When you find a 
> > bug, you fire up the prominently-placed client.  The client presents you 
> > with package names, and you select which package the bug was in.  The 
> > client will be smart enough to reconcile any questions about "which repo 
> > this package came from".
> > 
> > Is this a crazy dream?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  But it'd certainly require a 
> > visionary QA person to make it happen.  Right, Will?
> 
> Yes! I have this same dream! I really REALLY want to see tighter
> integration between Fedora and our bug reporting/tracking stuff. I want:
> 
> 1) A nice client (maybe built from bug-buddy) for people to quickly and
> easily report bugs *without a bugzilla account*. This client would
> gather pertinent system info (Fedora or Alternatives package? Weirdo
> kernel?) and include it in the bug report.

Could it do things like refuse to report bugs from machines that have
tainted kernels?  Or is that being too harsh in some peoples opinions?

josh