Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Bug#128588: gnomemeeting: Limited diagnostic information

[Dale E Martin <dmartin cliftonlabs com>]

> > Typically, as a Debian user and developer, I file bugs via "reportbug"
> > which goes to the Debian BTS, but it provides over good info like what
> > versions of libs the app is linked against and that kind of stuff.  If an
> > applicaton says "loud and clear" to report problems to some other place, of
> > course, then if I think it's an upstream problem I might file it upstream.
> 
> The problem is the "I might". I think far too many possibly useful bug
> reports in general get stuck downstream :-(

My point was simply that the maintainer should forward the bug upstream if
it's an upstream bug.  So if I as a user don't do it, they should for me,
tell me that they did it, and note it in the BTS.  If the maintainer does
that, then it's in both places and everyone wins.

If the maintainer lets an upstream bug get stuck downstream, that's a
different issue.

Later,
	Dale
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Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc.
Senior Computer Engineer
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