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Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:46:23 +0200
From:	Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21

David Miller wrote:

>> Don't think that's true. There are plenty of projects who only
>> accept bugs through bugzilla (mozilla, various distributions, etc.) 
>> and I don't see any evidence of your claim being true.
> 
> That explains why my bugs don't get looked at for months if
> not years when I submit them to such projects.
> 
> I reported a bug that eats people's hard disks due to a bug
> in the X.ORG PCI support code on sparc, NOBODY has fixed
> the bug in 2 years even though a full bugzilla entry with
> even a full patch fix is in there.

And how fast was the bug fixed when you posted it to the X.ORG list?


> Bugzilla sucks, emails rules because it is in your face and
> gets people to work on things.

Bugzilla can be configured to send emails, too (to the list for a newly 
reported bug for example).


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org

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