Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 May 2008 16:02:18 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: RFC: starting a kernel-testers group for newbies |
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On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:30:00PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > <big_snip /> > > Hi folks, > > > what do you think about Gentoo's "bug-wrangler" concept ? > Maybe could do something similar: > > An Tester group (which eg. should be the entry point for newbies), > is responsible for receiving bug reports from users (maybe even > distro maintainers who're not directly involved in kernel dev.). > They try to reproduce the bugs and find out as much as they can, > then file a report to the actual kernel devs (just critical bugs > are directly kicked to the devs with high priority). Maybe this > group could also keep users informed about fixes and give some > upgrade advise, etc. > > This way we can build an good technical support (independent > from distributors ;-P), newbies can learn on the job and te > load on kernel devs is reduced, so they can better concentrate > on their core competences. > > What do you think about this ?
Andrew already does more or less this.
The problems are: - kernel bugs tend to very quickly reach the state where you need expert knowledge in some area, and there's definitely not much room for newbies in bug handling - "try to reproduce the bugs" works for much software, but in the kernel bugs often tend to depend on some specific hardware
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