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From: Eli Carter <eli.carter@inet.com>
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Subject: Re: Dedicated kernel bug database
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Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 04:19:03PM -0800, Hanna Linder wrote:
> 
>  > Im trying to help make it easier for such people to get a list
>  > of bugs to start working on. If it looks like everything already
>  > has an owner it looks like there is nothing to do.
> 
> Just because a bug is 'owned' does not stop someone else working on it.
> That would be silly. All the owner field says is, "if someone is
> interested in this bug, and they happen to fix before $owner does,
> $owner would like to know about it." This way $owner can reject bad
> fixes, or get further clues as to whats actually causing the problem.
> 
>  > Hanna (obviously not a bugzilla user before)
> 
> Obviously 8-)

I'm new to bugzilla too... I noticed there is a link "Give me a clue 
about how to use this form."  I think that needs to be at the top of the 
query form, with a nice '?' graphic beside it.  I suspect that would 
help a lot.

Eli
--------------------. "If it ain't broke now,
Eli Carter           \                  it will be soon." -- crypto-gram
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