Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults
apharris@burrito.onshore.com (Adam P. Harris) wrote on 30.06.98 in <oavhpipzjx.fsf@burrito.fake>:
> I think it's important to at the same time make it easy for bug
> submitters and easy for package maintainers. I don't think we're out
> of line asking a bug submitter to check if the bug is already
> reported. For instance, if I submit a bug against CVS or bash, they
> always say, "read the known problems list first, and/or read the FAQ
> first." Checking the BTS is easy in comparison to having to read a
> whole big FAQ.
There is a problem with that, in that there is no really cheap way to do
the check. (And no, I don't know how to fix this.)
For someone without a cheap online connection, email checks often need
several hours, and web checks cost real money. (And I've more than once
been in a situation where at least one of these just didn't work at all,
in the middle of an installation for example.)
MfG Kai
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