Re: Searching for users of netncp and nwfs to help debug5.0 problems

2002-11-23 Thread Brad Knowles
At 1:04 PM -0800 2002/11/23, Nate Lawson wrote: I'd like to see this on in 5.0 for a while, given the number of new users and problem reports we are already getting and will soon get even more of. If it's too hard to complete this work, could we add DDB in by default in GENERIC? (I shudder t

Re: Searching for users of netncp and nwfs to help debug5.0 problems

2002-11-22 Thread Terry Lambert
[ ... bug filing wizard ... ] Brad Knowles wrote: > Speaking as someone who is about to step off the deep end and > start trying to actually run and test -CURRENT on my system here at > home, I believe that this kind of resource would be vitally important. > > In contrast, I've ha

Re: Searching for users of netncp and nwfs to help debug5.0 problems

2002-11-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 2:31 PM -0800 2002/11/22, Terry Lambert wrote: A "bug-filing wizard" would be useful. The "send-pr" system doesn't cut it, and most people are unaware of how to file a decent bug report. It doesn't help when the process involves another computer, a serial cable, recompiling a kernel to u

Re: Searching for users of netncp and nwfs to help debug5.0 problems

2002-11-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 6:45 PM -0500 2002/11/21, Robert Watson wrote: I appreciate the effort, and am interested in the idea, but in this case it was as much a solicitation for a developer as for the testing environment itself. This won't just be "testing" of netncp and nwfs, this will probably require a develo

Re: Searching for users of netncp and nwfs to help debug5.0 problems

2002-11-21 Thread Brad Knowles
At 5:23 PM -0500 2002/11/21, Robert Watson wrote: (And, you have to bring your own test environment, as the second sentence suggests, but doesn't actually state). Over on -chat, we're in the process of putting together a list of volunteers, hardware, organizational talent, etc... to help te