On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:56:58 +0100
Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 22:31 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > Since the first list I sent immediately after 2.6.19-rc1 was released,
> > > kernel Bugzilla #7255 is part of my list of 2.6.19-rc regressions but
> > > has gotten exactly zero developer responses.
> >
> > where was the lkml mail for this?
> >
> > >
> > > What exactly were the mistakes of the submitter resulting in noone
> > > caring about Bugzilla #7255?
> >
> > he didn't post to lkml?
>
> That's no excuse, as Adrian pointed it out on LKML since weeks.
>
> Also the kernel.org bugzilla has a real flaw:
>
> There is no way to get informed of new entries automatically and
> filtered by Category and Component. At least I did not find a way and
> [email protected] seems to be a black hole.
>
> The result is that you have to go to bugzilla on a regular base instead
> of getting automatic notifications of new entries. I do it once in a
> while, but it is really ineffective.
>
I screen all bugzilla reports and I ensure that any of them which look like
they're real and which have a breathing maintainer are brought to that
maintainer's attention.
So no, I think the number of bugs in bugzilla which the relevant maintainer
didn't hear about is vanishingly small.
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