From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: making progress with ACPI was: ACPI small patch update (20021024) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:02:38 +0000 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20021029140238.Y27461@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <200210282031.g9SKVAX06731@mailgate5.cinetic.de> <20021028211603.GD1402@admingilde.org> <20021028213404.U27461@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <005401c27f45$967de820$3746028e@bio.dfo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005401c27f45$967de820$3746028e-dP0OE4Ef7fWw5LPnMra/2Q@public.gmane.org>; from dbroughton-F3m4/jXepmf3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org on Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:20:37AM -0400 Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Derek Broughton Cc: acpi-devel-pyega4qmqnRoyOMFzWx49A@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:20:37AM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Matthew Wilcox" > > i find it fascinating that there are so many people on this list who want > > to see a bug tracking system, but don't feel able to keep a list of bugs > > themselves. why is that? expecting andy to set it up seems unreasonable. > > What could possibly be gained by everybody keeping independent bug lists? that wasn't what i meant. look at the work Guillaume has been doing keeping the 2.5 status list (http://kernelnewbies.org/status/latest.html). nobody told him he could do it, he wasn't elected to the post. he felt it was needed and just got on with it. i suggest someone who's interested in having a bug tracking system exist just get on with it. bug tracking systems don't have to be a mountain of php code connected to an oracle database. a simple list can be enough. -- Revolutions do not require corporate support. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf