FTBFS Bug Filing and Handling proposal

[Chris Weyl]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Jon Ciesla <limb at jcomserv.net> wrote:
>
>  > Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch <at> dell.com> writes:
>  >> In the interest of tracking these failures, new bugs for each failing
>  >> package will be filed in Bugzilla. These bugs will all block a blocker
>  >> bug, alias "FTBFS". Included in these bugs will be the root.log and
>  >> build.log from mock. These bugs should start life in a state of
>  >> ASSIGNED, since they are by definition pre-triaged.
>  >
>  > It's unfortunate that this is even necessary, maintainers should be
>  > reading
>  > your reports already. :-(
>  >
>  > That said, I don't have a problem with this procedure.
>
>  Actually, I read the reports, and would find the filing of bugs to be a
>  great convenience.   Save me the trouble of leaving one email open for a
>  long time. :)
>
>  +1

That, and (while it's a weak excuse), people already get So Much
Email.  Filing these as bugs not only puts them in a place where (I
suspect) most people go when looking to fix things, it also allows for
easy co-maintainer access, reporting, etc, etc.

+1

                                      -Chris
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Chris Weyl
Ex astris, scientia