Bugzilla and build bugs

[Carlos O'Donell]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 18 February 2012 16:44:41 Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>> I don't think this is a good practice; build bugs are bugs much like other
>> bugs, which may be valid or user error and may or may not have sufficient
>> information when first reported; they should be treated like other bugs.
>
> i agree completely

I also agree completely.

>> It probably makes sense to have a new component "build" for problems
>> building glibc or reports that it's completely broken in a particular
>> configuration.  For failures of particular testcases in the testsuite, I
>> think existing components such as "libc" and "ports" are more appropriate.
>
> sounds reasonable

I agree. I'll be adding "build" to the glibc product component list soon.

Cheers,
Carlos.