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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: Dedicated kernel bug database
To: eli.carter@inet.com (Eli Carter)
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:45:04 +0000 (GMT)
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> > In any case, people could take the kernel bug database, and
> > genericify it, much more easily than somebody could tailor an existing
> > bug tracking application to the needs of the kernel, (which is
> > demonstrated by the fact that the developers are not getting Bugzilla
> > reports).
> 
> Perhaps, but I'm not convinced that it would be easier to write a kernel 
> bug database from scratch than it would be to improve an existing 
> project to address the kernel's needs.  And _that_ is what we were 
> discussing.

Ah, well no wonder we're not agreeing :-), I actually saw the
re-writing from scratch as being easier :-).

Maybe I am just in the minority in that I don't find Bugzilla intuitive.

John.
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