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Re: Cygwin/XFree86 Bugs?
- From: Michel Dänzer <michel at daenzer dot net>
- To: devel at xfree86 dot org
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 13:19:34 +0100
- Subject: Re: Cygwin/XFree86 Bugs?
- Organization: Debian, XFree86
- References: <20031021201701.A72066@xfree86.org> <Pine.A41.4.33.0310212203020.64114-100000@gpu1.srv.ualberta.ca> <16278.40627.61637.982457@zeus.local> <1067095960.2619.39.camel@thor.asgaard.local> <3F9AB8A2.7060709@msu.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 19:53, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> Michel DÃnzer wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 17:13, Egbert Eich wrote:
> >
> >>Marc Aurele La France writes:
> >> >
> >> > developer@bugs.xfree86.org is an ML anyone can subscribe to. I am, and, I
> >> > believe, so is Egbert.
> >>
> >>No, not currently. I usually go to the web interface and
> >>look at the open bugs, process new ones that can be handled
> >>quickly, or try to assign them to an expert on the specific
> >>area.
> >>
> >>There are a lot more areas than we have experts - in these
> >>cases I try to work on the ticket myself. This, and the
> >>low quality of some of the submissions, consumes a
> >>considerable amount of time.
> >
> >
> > Indeed, you're doing most of the bugzilla work alone; it's a pity there
> > aren't more people helping with that.
>
> Well, you know, XFree86's disregard for offers to help made by
> developers that have been with the project for over two years are
> certainly part of the problem.
Err, this is about bug triage, which you can do just as well as
everybody else.
I agree that you should be able to commit Cygwin stuff yourself (but I
can't do anything about it), I'm afraid your rants and threats won't do
much good there though.
--
Earthling Michel DÃnzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer