Re: request to kill nag messages
On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 09:24:19PM +0200, Christian Kurz wrote:
> Well what is the problem with this? I don't see any offence in getting a
> message that says that I (the maintainer) has still open bug over a
> certain age. I think this is a good reminder for the maintainers as you
> may forget to fix bugs. Take a look at the ppp-package and how many open
> bugs there have been. The maintainer hadn't fixed them and so I helped
> him. (Sorry Phil, but this is a good example and No, I don't want to
> praise me with this). Or have you taken a look at the list on
> http://master.debian.org/~ajt/bugsbyage.txt? Have you seen how many open
> old bugs we got? How do you think we get this fixed without reminding
> the developers of their open bugs?
I think you miss the point. Nobody's arguing that we shouldn't keep a
public list of open old bugs. For interested developers it makes
sense to do some qa after checking such a list.
The point is that the diligent maintainer is well aware of his/her
open old bug reports and usually has some valid reasons to leave the
bug report open. Example: I've got an open old bug report that flying
(a X11 pool game) doesn't support 16/24 bit displays. The upstream
maintainer doesn't work on flying anymore and I don't have the
expertise to add the feature. So I'm well aware of the bug but there's
no easy way out (anybody feels like hacking Xlib code ?). For sure
there's _no_ need to remind me of this bug every month or so.
Greetings,
Christian
--
Christian Meder, email: meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de
What's the railroad to me ?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.
(Henry David Thoreau)
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