Fedora 7

[Paul Smith]

On 6/2/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> >> >> Looks awesome, works awesome. It's one of the most flawless and simple
> >> >> Linux installs I have had in a long time, even with the somewhat
> >> unusual
> >> >> setup I have.
> >> >
> >> > You are lucky.
> >> > So am I, so far.
> >> >
> >> > However, no-one knows what proportion of Fedora users
> >> > meet a problem with installation.
> >> >
> >> > It is a serious weakness of Fedora, in my view,
> >> > that there is no proper attempt to get feedback on this issue.
> >> > (Bugzillas are only used by a tiny proportion of users.)
> >>
> >> Since this is just guess work what would you consider a "proper" attempt
> >> to get feedback on thousands of packages other than bugzilla,irc or
> >> mailing lists?
> >
> > At least, people from RedHat could answer questions like "in which
> > component should I report this bug?"...
>
> Anaconda obviously. Did you ask anywhere?  I don't see any reason this
> should be focused on one organization. Anyone who needs to know
> something should ask a question and those who know should answer it.

Sure, I did ask:

http://marc.info/?l=fedora-list&m=118073448823429&w=2

Anaconda was not obvious to me.

> > Perhaps, RedHat wants to keep people silent regarding the faulty
> > installation dvd that they have created.
>
> Bad assumption with no basis. Lots of people use bugzilla to request
> features, file bug reports or even do package reviews.

I was not fully assertive; notice that I used the word "perhaps".

Paul