Re: BTRFS free space handling still needs more work: Hangs again (no complete lockups, "just" tasks stuck for some time)

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Martin Steigerwald posted on Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:18:40 +0100 as excerpted:

> Duncan, I *did* file a bug.

I think you misunderstood me... I understood that and actually said as 
much:

>> But the recommendation is to file the bugzilla report precisely so it
>> does /not/ get lost, and you've done that, so... you've done your part
>> there and now comes the enforced patience bit of waiting [...]

My point was simply that based on the wiki recommendation and the earlier 
thread as mentioned on the wiki, the reason /why/ a bugzi report is 
preferred over simply reporting it here is that the devs tend to pick 
bugs and spend some time digging into them, during which they don't look 
too much at other reports here, and they can get lost, while the bugzi 
report won't.

Which implies that a failure to respond either to a thread here or a bug 
report there is because they're busy working on other bugs, and that 
failure to immediately respond isn't to be seen as ignoring the problem, 
and is in fact to be expected.

IOW, I was saying now that the bug is filed, you can sit back and wait in 
reasonable assurance that it'll be processed in due time, as you've done 
your bit and now it's up to them to prioritize and process in due time.  
That's a good thing, and I was commending you for taking the time to file 
the bug as well. =:^)

... While at the same time commiserating a bit, since I know from 
experience how hard that wait for a dev reply can be, and that the wait 
is sort of an enforced patience as at least for a non-coder as I am, 
there's not much else one can do. =:^(

That said, now that I reread, I can see how what I wrote could appear to 
be contingent on an assumed /future/ filing of a bug, and that it wasn't 
as clear as I intended that I was commending you for filing it already, 
and basically saying, "Be patient, I know how hard it can be to wait."

Words!  They be tricky! =:^(

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