Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 15:26 -0800, Russell Miller wrote: >> On Saturday 13 March 2010 02:58:48 pm Craig White wrote: > >> The users and bug reports are, by and large, irrelevant. Mine certainly have >> been. As I said, sometimes I did not give enough info, but it also really >> didn't *matter*. > ---- > would like to relate something very funny about bug reporting. > > I reported a bug to Ximian (gnome-evolution) more than 5 years ago and > it just got picked up today... > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271193 > > Of course I had completely forgotten about this bug report I made and in > the spirit of better late than never, I suppose I am glad. > > Bug reports are not always irrelevant but sometimes it seems that way. > Seamonkey 2.0.1 fixed a bug I reported in about 1995 or so. Unlike the Linux kernel there's no easy way to put patches out, so fixing a bug becomes a lifetime job. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
