Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:25:27 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
Cc: davidel@xmailserver.org, davem@redhat.com, mbligh@aracnet.com,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org,
       netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: networking bugs and bugme.osdl.org
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Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> wrote:
>
>  I'm with Dave on this one.

I also.  The bug database tries to convert the traditional many<->many
debugging process into a one<->one process.  This surely results in a
lower cleanup rate.

It's irritating replying to a bugzilla entry when you _know_ that you're
cutting other interested parties out of the loop.

And mailing lists tend to be self-correcting:

- The once-off bugs due to broken hardware get filtered away.

- The bugs which simply get magically fixed when someone repaired some
  unrelated part of the kernel get filtered out.

- The bugs which are affecting people the most get reported the most.

- Lots of other people can chip in with potentially useful info.


It is nice to have a record.  But bugzilla is not a comfortable or
productive environment within which to drill down into and fix problems.

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