Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:03:28 -0700 (PDT)
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To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
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Subject: Re: networking bugs and bugme.osdl.org
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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   From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
   Date: 28 Jun 2003 20:19:32 +0100

   On Sad, 2003-06-28 at 01:21, David S. Miller wrote:
   > I respond to private reports with "please send this to the lists,
   > what if I were on vacation for the next month?"  I never actually
   > process or analyze such reports.
   
   Which means you miss stuff.

Not my problem Alan.  If the user gives a crap about their report
mattering, they'll do what I ask them to do.  If users send their
report to the wrong place, it will get lost, just like if their
cat their report into /dev/null.  I have no reason to feel bad about
the information getting lost.

If it's too much for them to do as I ask, it's too much for
me to consider their report.

Bug reporting, just like patch submission, is a 2 way street.
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