Re: [Xen-users] xen forum

[Ian <murrayie@yahoo.co.uk>]

On 21/05/13 17:15, Ian Campbell wrote:
> The process (send a signed-off-by email to xen-devel) hasn't changed 
> in forever. Some of the tools which are convenient (but not required) 
> to use have changed recently and therefore some of the advice might 
> have changed. 

I probably misunderstood the necessity, in that case.

> FWIW the answer is that .gitignore is wrong and using -f would have 
> been fine if you couldn't see where .gitignore was wrong (and fixing 
> .gitignore would have been fine if you could see where). 

Okay, thanks.
>>> Why would you expect to be more assured of a reply to your mails if a
>>> bug tracker had automatically logged them?
>> I am not assured of a reply, but surely the idea of a tracking system
>> is that bugs don't get forgotten about. In my case, I would have
>> raised an issue against xendomains, hopefully stated wants seems to go
>> wrong and either it sits there and is dealt with, batted back to me
>> for more info, or willfully ignored. But never should it just get
>> "lost in the cracks".
> Unfortunately without someone whose full time job it is to triage bugs
> and keep the bug tracker under control all of the bugs which get batted
> back and never followed up or which get ignored eventually overrun the
> system and make it useless for anyone who would actually want to use it.
> At this point you bug is just as likely to get lost in the mess as it is
> to get lost on xen-devel.
>
>> I'll shut up about it now, because whoever decides these things will
>> do what they want, anyway.
> We are working on a system which will allow us to record email threads
> as being relevant and useful to track. We believe this will suit our
> workflow better and avoid the need to have someone spend a lot of time
> bug wrangling on the track.

Ok, fair enough. We'll see :)


> This is why people are being encouraged to post their bugs to the list.

In hindsight, I think in the case of my xl/xendomains issue, it is 
better investigated as a bug as although I have a working patch, I don't 
fully understand why it's not an issue for other people and also my 
paych is probably not compatible with xm. So I'll post a bug report to 
the list with my work-around and hopefully somebody who understands the 
subject matter better can unpick the issue in a more authoritative manner.

Thanks for your time,

Ian.


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