Where are all the updates gone?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Aaron Konstam wrote:

> Let us be clear. I willing to accept that filing bugzillas has a purpose
> but it does not allow you to get a solution to the problem you are
> facing. 

Not immediately usually. Sometimes you get quick fixes or workarounds 
from the package maintainer or other folks watching or participating in 
the same bug report.

I pointed out all the problems FC6 were causing me (all of which
> I solved without help[ from bugzilla) and I did what people told me to
> and filed three bugzillas. One fell into a black hole (since I  since a
> record of the original post was not sent to me). On the second I have
> never heard anything. The third I was told it is not red hat's problem
> go complain to someone else. 

For the first problem, file a new bug report. For the other two point 
out the specific bug reports.  I doubt anyone would have told to 
complain to someone else that way unless you are interpreting and 
paraphrasing things.

But reports do nothing for the poster in
> the near term.

Immediate solutions are not the purpose of the bugzilla. It is to report 
problems to maintainers, track and get potential fixes. For potential 
workarounds or alternatives in the near term, you can post to this list 
or to forums instead. One of the efficient ways to do this is to file a 
bug report and then post to the list for a discussion.

Rahul