Re: [Bug 144089] Re: A bug I reported has been in limbo for 5 months.

2007-09-24 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Pedro Villavicencio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This does not appear to be a bug report and we are closing it. It would be neat if you guys could spend as much time paying attention to complaints as you did to stifling them. The complaint, I will note, was not about the bug itself. > We apprec

Re: [Bug 144089] Re: A bug I reported has been in limbo for 5 months.

2007-09-22 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you think getting more bugmail is going to encourage developers to fix > more stuff, I think you are seriously mistaken. Not to *fix*. To *categorize*. I'm not demanding a fix. I'm demanding that the process be followed so things don't die without

Re: [Bug 144089] Re: A bug I reported has been in limbo for 5 months.

2007-09-22 Thread Scott Kitterman
Nope. I didn't look at the bug. Kernel bugs aren't my thing. My point was rather more subtle. By asking on IRC you show an interest in helping and draw a developers attention to it. Both of which increase your odds of getting it fixed. If you think getting more bugmail is going to encourage

Re: [Bug 144089] Re: A bug I reported has been in limbo for 5 months.

2007-09-22 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Unless you have a Canonical support contract, the fact that a bug isn't > fixed as quickly as you would like isn't a bug. I didn't ask that it be *fixed*. It could be a legitimately hard problem that might take years to fix, or it might be that I'm o

Re: [Bug 144089] Re: A bug I reported has been in limbo for 5 months.

2007-09-22 Thread Scott Kitterman
Unless you have a Canonical support contract, the fact that a bug isn't fixed as quickly as you would like isn't a bug. What I would suggest is ask what can be done to improve the clarity or completeness of the bug on #ubuntu-kernel during their normal workday. -- A bug I reported has been in

Re: [Bug 144089] Re: A bug I reported has been in limbo for 5 months.

2007-09-22 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Filing another bug isn't going to help. > > ** Changed in: ubuntu >Status: New => Invalid And what will help? Shutting up and ignoring things perpetually? This is a valid bug. It is a bug in the bug management system. Declaring it invalid isn