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Thomas Molina wrote:
> 
> ...
> Has my 2.5 Problem Report Status postings been useful?

I think it's at the stage where it needs a "nag" factor.  Those little
reminder emails from bugzilla are really irritating.

>  If so, when I
> discussed this with Martin one of the roles we agreed I would play was
> taking bug reports from the list and adding them to bugzilla.  I'll also
> be a "filter" for some of the issues discussed in this thread, sort of a
> janitor if you will.

Sounds very useful.
 
> My question is how should compile failures figure into the bug database?
> Most of the compile failures are typos or thinkos that get quickly fixed.
> Should they get tracked, or dismissed quickly unless they linger on.  I
> didn't track simple compile failures in my list.

I'd say don't include them.  It's not as if we're likely to forget
about them.
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