On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:13, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > But then you'll only see a few people who are either fanatics > > about some issue or just don't understand the right approach. > > Not sure what you trying to say here. Are you implying that people who > use bugzilla are fanatics? The people who understand the right approach > can very well use bugzilla to convey developers that information. I'm saying you aren't going to get a cross section of users and actual experiences there - and I don't think anyone wants them there. > Mailing lists are completely inefficient to track bugs compared to bug > tracking systems. Pretty much every major open source project has > bugzilla or some other bug tracking system for the very same reason. But these things aren't exactly bugs although they have a cumulative effect that adds up to TCO. Is there anyone involved in fedora development that is bothered by the Microsoft claims of lower TCO? No single user's experience can tell you how to reduce the time and trouble (and thus cost) to install and maintain the system in general. However, in a forum with a large number of users the things that take an annoying amount of time and workarounds will come out. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx