a call to action [Fwd: LWN headline: Blame Fedora = High Praise]

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu Apr 19 02:30:44 UTC 2007


Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 01:43 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> I did suggest something very similar at 
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2007-March/msg00139.html
>> Apparently there isn't much traction to this idea.
> 
> I read through the thread and I didn't get that idea at all.
> In fact, the idea I got was more confusion than anything.
> I.e., people are reading the problem in different ways.

At any rate, we need people to implement it.

> 1)  You cross-reference the PCI/USB/etc... Vendor ID to a name, possibly
> also spit out the product name.  That informs the user.
> 
> 2)  If the Device ID is a known, binary-only issue that Fedora cannot
> redistribute, inform the user that these drivers do not come with
> Fedora, and a Bugzilla entry should _not_ be filed for support.
> 
> In fact, #2 would _also_ have the added bonus of addressing the endless
> number of bug reports being filed -- something one person explicitly
> complained about in that thread.

Then there are two other related projects which might interest you.

https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/LHCP/
https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/smolt/wiki

Rahul




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