Re: Bug#204928: reportbug: couldn't call from xargs
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 02:41:20PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 06:27:18AM +0200, Martin Godisch wrote:
> > I have 26 in a single package so far, and I'm not speaking about the
> > upstream mailing list...
>
> Konqueror reported 10 matches for the keyword 'patch' on the results of
> searching for Dan's email address in non-archived bug reports. Judging
> from the number of pages of bugs, the ratio of bugs filed to patches
> submitted is not ideal*. Furthermore, a cursory glance at the bugs which
> had the patch keyword reveals that the patches weren't all necessarily
> submitted by Dan himself.
>
> It is admirable for a user to submit bug reports when discovered,
> presuming the user has taken the time to verify that the bug report
> would not be a duplicate- however, you've got to wonder what his
> motivation is: for the good of the distro, or for self-satisfaction?
He's already the submitter with most active bugs by some considerable
margin. Compare the terseness and pedantry of many of his bugs and the
acrimony felt by many developers upon receiving them with the
helpfulness of the next in the list, Daniel Schepler, and it becomes
clear that quantity and quality are very different things.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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