Re: Filing bug reports in Debian (was Re: Debian Stole My Name!)

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:46:39 -0400
Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> wrote:

> Data point: I reported a bug in the joe editor just over two years ago. 
> Joseph H. Allen even listed a patch to fix the bug in response to the
> report.
> 
> The bug remains unfixed.
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386883
> 
> And yes, I haven't reported many bugs since.  It is in fact discouraging.

My experiences:  DDs haven't been rude to me, and some have been
extremely helpful and polite.  I appreciate in particular the efforts
of Marc Haber, Gregor Herrmann and Kel Modderman.

On the other hand, bugs are frequently completely ignored:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=435068
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440122
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445718
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445718
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448937
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484733
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499868

> Carl Fink                           nitpicking@nitpicking.com 

Celejar
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