linux-kernel - Re: How to improve PCI bug tracking?

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:29:15 -0500
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to improve PCI bug tracking?

On 1/18/2017 5:53 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> I want to improve PCI bug tracking.  It feels like our bugs don't get
> the attention they need, and I'm soliciting ideas for how to improve
> this.
> 
> Current situation:
> 
>   - People often report bugs via email to linux-pci.  I think this
>     is good because everybody can see it.
> 
>   - Even after an email report, I often request a bugzilla because
>     (1) it helps keep things from being forgotten, (2) it's a
>     convenient place to store bulky data, and (3) I like to have a
>     bugzilla URL to include in the changelog of a patch that fixes the
>     bug.
> 
>   - Sometimes people open a bugzilla directly.  I get email about
>     these (along with one or two other people), but this is sort of a
>     problem because linux-pci never sees it, sometimes I miss it, and
>     things tend to languish.
> 
>   - Discussion on a bugzilla is only seen by people listed in the
>     bugzilla, not on linux-pci.
> 
> I'm contemplating changing this so the bugzilla mail would also go to
> linux-pci.

I have seen this happening on linux-scsi.

http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg103272.html

I'd say, why not?

> 
> Any objections or alternate suggestions?
> 
> Bjorn
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Sinan Kaya
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