Please stop the meanless discussion. I'd be happy to file a bug, if I had a
bit of information. The power had failed, I turned the system back on, fsck
run and dropped me to a shell. I run "fsck -yv -C". Thousands or even millions
of questions whether to connect lost entry to /lost+found were asked and that
was it....................
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ReiserFS & EXT2/3
Date: Friday 02 December 2005 00:53
>Ian Malone wrote:
>> Mike McCarty wrote:
>>> Matthew Miller wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 11:36:21AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
>>>>> Possibly because he did not file one.
>>>>> BTW, why do you presume to place such a responsibility on him?
>>>>
>>>> You know a bug, you want it fixed, you file a bug report. Even with
>>>> the best
>>>> intentions, it's hard for developers to keep track of things things from
>>>> outside of the system -- that's why there *is* a system.
>>>
>>> I don't see where he ever said he wanted ext3 fixed, so I don't
>>> see where he has any obligation to file a defect report.
>>>
>>> I have been a developer myself since 1980, so I think I know
>>> why defect tracking systems exist.
>>
>> Correct, the OP did not express a desire to have it fixed.
>> Paradoxically the OP expressed an interest in having a stable
>> file system. If you really care about having something work
>> well it's in your interest to particpate in the development
>> process, even if that only means giving a little feedback.
>
>I don't see that as being paradoxical. He seems not to care
>whether ext3 has a defect, except in making a decision not
>to use it. Perhaps he has more interest in reiserfs. If so,
>then presumably he will make defect reports.
>
>> The alternative when you meet a bug is to label the software
>> as having failed and move onto something else, but that
>> approach is eventually going to be exhausted.
>
>It is not the only other choice. I outlined another above:
>report defects on software you are interested in. This is
>what most people do.
>
>Do you make defect reports against Windows? Or do you simply
>not use it any more than you must?
>
>But the topic begins to drift, I fear.
>
>Mike
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