Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 May 2008 13:52:22 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: Tracking and crediting bug reporters | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 19:20:19 +0100
> > If the rest of the community is agreeable, it would be nice to make an > > immediate start on this; it's not yet too late to get reasonable data for > > the 2.6.26 kernel, and to have the habits well ingrained for 2.6.27. > > > > Thoughts? > > I cannot add a tag with a third party personal information upon it > without their permission nor can anyone else in a part of the world with > any vaguely resembling privacy laws. So we need to document that it is > added with permission of the reporter only.
This is why I personally do not accept private bug reports or kernel questions, I always direct them to post to the appropriate public mailing list and CC: me if appropriate.
That solves the whole "privacy" issue quite neatly.
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