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Message-Id: <200805021910.02424.dhazelton@enter.net> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 19:10:01 -0400 From: Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net> To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, "Parag Warudkar" <parag.warudkar@...il.com>, "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: How to reduce the number of open kernel bugs On Friday 02 May 2008 14:18:03 Andi Kleen wrote: > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> writes: > >> And I have to agree here. But there should be something that can be done > >> to "coax" the maintainers that pull that kind of immature crap into > >> acting mature and responsible. > > > > Well, how exactly would you want to do that? > > He could start to fix a few such bugs he's describing (usually with > very vague reports) by himself. Or instead of fixing them just trying > to get all the information out of the reporter. Then he would realize > what the the difference between theory and practice is. > > -Andi Andi (and everyone else) note that the key word in what I said is "Should". IE: there is nothing that can be done, but I feel that the opposite should be true. DRH -- Dialup is like pissing through a pipette. Slow and excruciatingly painful. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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