Re: Archive Generator -- a system tool?

[hobbit aloss ukuu org uk]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:34:49AM +0200 or thereabouts, Ali Akcaagac wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 11:29, Glynn Foster wrote:
> > > .. where they usually get ignored or marked NOTABUG within 1 min.
> > 
> > If you're not going to say anything constructive..please *don't*
> > bother....if you provide a good enough reason and you can stir up
> > interest in the bug from the maintainer and usability point of view,
> > you're half way there....
> > 
> > Remember, just because someone logs a bug, doesn't mean that it's the
> > maintainers priority to fix it - scratch your own itch, create a patch.
> 
> no, this is a misunderstanding because of my oneliner that says nothing
> constructive. my apologizes for this but lemme explain more in depth.
> 
> the problem is:
> 
> a couple of people mainly those working on gnome tells their users to
> report such things to bugzilla.gnome.org where others - also working on
> gnome - usually closes such bugs and give a comment that such things
> should be discussed on mailinglists.

That is a problem, yes.

If there had been prior discussion on the lists, I would reopen
the bug and add the URL to the thread.html archive view and give 
the relevant subject line in the comment field.

Telsa