Re: aren't software authors misestimated?
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 04:03:36PM +0200, Michele Alessandrini wrote:
> > Hmmm, If I ever was to write and release an application, I'd be more
> > than happy to delegate dirty work to someone else. I'm fairly convinced
> > that upstream authors consider dealing with bug reports, suggestions
> > and alikes a dirty work. Just imagine receiving doezens of emails
> > directly from users, all relating to the same issue. Compare this to
> > one email from package maintainer, summarizing them all.
> >
> I really don't think so! I appreciate every feedback from every single user,
> and I think that only that feedback can bring an application to higher
> levels.
> And, although said, I think the package maintainer can not have a deep
> knowledge of the software as the author do, so to be able to address every
> remote issue.
> Michele
The Debian BTS is quite open. Software authors that want to receive
feedback from Debian can subscribe to the Package tracking system (see
<http://packages.qa.debian.org/common/index.html>) and receive all bugs
reported to the BTS and more.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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