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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.21
David Miller wrote:

>> Don't think that's true. There are plenty of projects who only
>> accept bugs through bugzilla (mozilla, various distributions, etc.)
>> and I don't see any evidence of your claim being true.
>
> That explains why my bugs don't get looked at for months if
> not years when I submit them to such projects.
>
> I reported a bug that eats people's hard disks due to a bug
> in the X.ORG PCI support code on sparc, NOBODY has fixed
> the bug in 2 years even though a full bugzilla entry with
> even a full patch fix is in there.

And how fast was the bug fixed when you posted it to the X.ORG list?


> Bugzilla sucks, emails rules because it is in your face and
> gets people to work on things.

Bugzilla can be configured to send emails, too (to the list for a newly
reported bug for example).


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Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org

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