hi, * Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> [2004-12-20 16:52]: > Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> schrieb: > > i have a prpoblem with the maintainer of udev marco d'itri because of > > this bug: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286257 > > what i get from marco was an rtfm. > > but i think the question is, is it ok to close a bug (here the not > > working cdrom drive) only because it is documentated in the > > readme.debian? > > I am not sure, since "cdrom" is not mentioned in udev's > README.Debian. But you seem to agree with Marco that it is documented > there, so I assume that you have ide-cd and this is why your cdrom does > not work. what about people who havent got the module ide-cd? should they build a new kernel? > In this case I would say that Marco is right. Installing any package > that has to do with modules and/or kernel features always means that the > user has to check the documentation and look whether everything is going > to work in his or her setup. in my opinion the bug is that it should work. > He then has the option of not using the > package, or changing the local configuration. It seems to me from udev's > README.Debian that there is a simple way to change your local > configuration. On the other hand, I see no easy way to automate this > during package installation (do you?). no sorry. but i think the behavior of marco is worse for the debian project. what should people think who are new to debian and send a bug report and they will get an rtfm? regards nico -- Nico Golde - 310777820@ICQ | GPG: 1024D/73647CFF ,'"`. nico@ngolde.de | http://www.ngolde.de ( grml.org VIM has two modes - the one in which it beeps `._,' and the one in which it doesn't -- encrypted mail preferred
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