Geeze, the crossposting is horrendous. I don't see this as a policy issue, so followups to debian-devel or debian-user only please.
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Make bug reporting any more onerous than it is, and peole > > merely stop filing reports. > What is so "onerous" about checking to see if the bug has already been > reported? As Rob said, it could provide the "work around" information that > is needed to resolve the problem. > > Suggesting, even strongly, that it is proper proceedure when submitting a > bug, to research the bug reporting system first, and provide useful > information second, doesn't seem onerous to me, and has several practical > uses for the bug submitter, as well as the maintainer. I agree with Dale. I think we should encourage submitters to check the BTS before posting. But the reality is, this will not always happen; I don't think we should flame people for not checking first. 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. -- .....A. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
