Hi,
This is way off topic, but I'm not sure where else to go. I want
to report a bug to g++, but this has shown to be extremely hard..
I hope that at least here I can get a reply. And if it's really
this hard to add a bugreport, maybe someone could be nice and
report it for me.
This is a cross-post from gcc.reddit.com:
http://www.reddit.com/r/gcc/comments/2tq4ra/how_can_i_report_a_bug_to_the_gcc_team/
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Many open-source software have easily accessible bug databases
- an important aspect of developing high quality products.
So why is it nearly impossible to report a GCC bug?
I tried to register at https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla, but the
response was: "User account creation has been restricted. Contact
your administrator or the maintainer (overse...@gcc.gnu.org) for
information about creating an account."
So lets send a mail to overse...@gcc.gnu.org explaining the issue.
The reply: "I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to
the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given
up. Sorry it didn't work out."
Well, at least they have a mailing list. I registered to the
gcc-help mailing list and tried submitting the bug report there.
And I finally got a reply today! Yay!
"Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sourceware.org. I'm afraid
I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work
out."
Is this for real? An open-source project of this size, and it's
hard-as-hell to get in touch with any developers?
So I ask you: How can I report a bug to the gcc team?
Thanks.
PS: Yes, the correct subreddit would probably have been r/gcc, but
seeing 514 subscribers and 2 online, I don't expect to get
a response there.
