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DateThu, 19 Dec 2002 18:59:30 -0500
FromPete Zaitcev <>
SubjectRe: Dedicated kernel bug database
> Why are bugs automatically assigned to owners? 
> 	If there was an unassigned category that would make it 
> 	easy to query.

Query for "NEW" status for a component and do not put anything
into "owner" fireld.

> How else are those of us who want to help stabilize the 2.5 kernel supposed 
> 	to know which bugs are being worked on and which are not? 
> 	(Please dont tell me "email". Am I really supposed to email every 
> 	person who has a bug asking if they are really working on it or not?)

Of course.

> Could you make a list of all the people who have volunteered to be
> 	bugtracker maintainers and their respective kernel pieces. 

This is a reasonable request, IMHO.

> Also a list of people who arent maintainers but are available to help 
> 	could be useful for the owners to assign bugs to.

That's putting a cart in front of a horse. Such people have
to execute a simple Bugzilla to get lists, then select bugs
which they like. This way the overhead of maintaining such
lists disappears instantly.

-- Pete
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