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Re: handling bugs of udev



hi,
* Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> [2004-12-22 14:05]:
> * Nico Golde 
> | Hello Ian,
> | 
> | * Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> [2004-12-20 23:25]:
> | > On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 17:05 +0100, Nico Golde wrote:
> | > > what should people think who are new to debian and send a bug report
> | > > and they will get an rtfm?
> | > 
> | > Heaven forbid that they should think "ah, the issue I have reported is
> | > documented in the manual, perhaps I will read it".
> | 
> | maybe but i think you can do it with other words.
> 
> If you read RTFM as «Fuck off and die, loser», rather than «Please,
> this is documented in the obvious place.  Go read the manual and then
> come back if you still have any questions», then I think you need to
> grow a thicker skin.  RTFM is not an offensive reply, particularly not
> to something which is clearly documented.

yes you are right, but if i have a look on other replies on
bugs by marco i think fuck off is his choice of words.

> | and of course i read it, but i think closing the bug isnt the right
> | way just becaus of it is a known problem.  regards nico
> 
> It's not a bug, it's a configuration choice.  You need to configure
> your system if you're not happy with the default configuration.
> Different packages have different default configurations.

i think this default sucks. wishlist bug would be better.
then he has the possibility to mark as wontfix.
regards nico
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