Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:49:56 -0600 | From | Eli Carter <> | Subject | Re: Dedicated kernel bug database |
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Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 11:48:16AM -0600, Eli Carter wrote: [snip] > > >It could warn the user if they attach an un-decoded oops that their > > >bug report isn't as useful as it could be, and if they mention a > > >distribution kernel version, that it's not a tree that the developers > > >will necessarily be familiar with > > Perhaps a more generalized hook into bugzilla for 'validating' a bug > > report, then code specific validators for kernel work? > > Its a nice idea, but I think it's a lot of effort to get it right, > when a human can look at the dump, realise its not decoded, and > send a request back in hardly any time at all. > I also don't trust things like this where if something goes wrong, > we could lose the bug report. People are also more likely to ping-pong > ,argue or "how do I..." with a human than they are with an automated robot.
Either way, it isn't kernel specific.... which is what I was trying to address. If it is valuable (which as you demonstrate is debatable,) then it is valuable in bugzilla baseline, not just kernel-bugzilla.
Eli --------------------. "If it ain't broke now, Eli Carter \ it will be soon." -- crypto-gram eli.carter(a)inet.com `-------------------------------------------------
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