Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:54:58 +0200 | | From | Pierre Ossman <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] suspend: Cleanup calling of power off methods. |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>But the definition of a maintainer is whoever takes responsibility for >part X. The are many pieces of the kernel that don't easily break >up into the taxonomy of subsystem and driver. There are many people >to reluctantly take responsibility because there is no one else, >and so aren't even mentioned in MAINTAINERS much less the rest of it. > > >
Setting up an account for a mailing list and linking unmaintained parts to it would be a solution to that. Either set up a specific list for this or use when of the current ones (like LKML). The big problem I see at the moment is that not all parts of the kernel are represented in the bugzilla.
>One problem I have with a system like bugzilla is that frequently bug >reports are not complete, and bugzilla sets the expectation that >once you file a bug the reporters part is complete. Frequently it takes >several round trips via email to even understand the bug that is being >reported. > >
I agree that most bug reports are incomplete. But I still think that a bugzilla is the way to go. We need to educate the users in filing bug reports no matter which forum is used. Russell's point about having a wizard would probably help a lot. A bugzilla also gives the option of marking bugs with NEEDINFO, INVALID and similar, clearly expressing to the user how the maintainer sees this bug.
>So either we need a two level bug tracking system where there >is a place to capture bugs that users see, and a place to track >bugs that developers understand. Or we need something that is >much more interactive than bugzilla. > > >
I think that the categories NEW/ASSIGNED/CONFIRMED suffices. Although discussions on mailing lists are more natural for the people here I don't agree that bugzilla is less interactive than lists.
Rgds Pierre
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