linux-kernel - Re: This is [Re:] How to improve the quality of the kernel[?].

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Message-ID: <4677E7C3.90706@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:27:15 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
CC:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...igh.org>,
	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	"Fortier,Vincent [Montreal]" <Vincent.Fortier1@...gc.ca>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: This is [Re:] How to improve the quality of the kernel[?].

On 6/19/2007 4:05 PM, Oleg Verych wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 02:48:55PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> The Debian BTS requires you to either write emails with control messages 
>> or generating control messages with external tools.
...
>> In Bugzilla the same works through a web interface.
...
> Basic concept of Debian BTS is what i've discovered after many useless
> hours i spent in Bugzilla. And this is mainly because of one basic
> important thing, that nobody acknowledged (for newbies, like me):
> 
> * E-Mail with useful MUAs, after it got reliable delivery MTAs with qmail
>   (or exim) is the main communication toolset.
> 
> Can't you see that from Linux's patch sending policy?

That's for developers, not for users.

There are different people involved in
  - patch handling,
  - bug handling (bugs are reported by end-users),
therefore don't forget that PTS and BTS have different requirements.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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