Re: #545996: please inform submitters they need to subs cribe
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 08:13:12PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> package: bugs.debian.org
> severity: wishlist
> x-debbugs-cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> On Donnerstag, 10. September 2009, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> > But reporters are sacrifing some of their time to help us make our
> > distribution better. Do you really think we should scare them away
> > by rewarding bug reports by pulling the reporters in lengthy
> > discussions how the bug is best fixed?
>
> I think I agree with this rhetorical question.
I don't - if we think the mail coorespondance of a bug report is not
something a user would like to receive, we're doing it wrong.
Either are the mails too technically and complicated. That is a fair
point, but I do not think it scares users away - if at all, it assures
them that their bug is in good hands (but if they want, unsubsribing
from it [except for the "bug closed" mail] should be easy, like
mentioned in the mail footer)
Or we think our own blame-assignments and bickering and argueing will
scare users away. That is maybe the real reason we do not want to have
users be subscribed? In that case, I think we should rather address
this point on our side and make our bug reports mail exchanges better to
read for everybody.
Michael
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