[fab] Non-standard kernels in the Fedora Multiverse

Josh Boyer jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org
Tue May 9 16:45:32 UTC 2006


On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:23:17AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Will Woods wrote:
> >On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 10:58 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> 
> >>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".
> 
> 
> >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*. 
> 
> I personally have a problem with that (maybe it's just the cranky 
> sysadmin in me):
> * If a bug isn't worth a few minutes of your time to create a bugzilla 
> account, the bug must not be that important.  This (IMO, small) barrier 
> weeds out frivolous reports.  Easier bug reporting is nice, but not at 
> the expense of receiving *good* bug reports.
> * Without a bugzilla account, there is no mechanism for further 
> correspondence/feedback between reporter and developers.  I think this 
> is important too.

I agree.  I've never seen a bug get fixed soley on the initial report, so
communication between the developer and reporter is required.

josh




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