Re: bugs/regressions: report in LKML or in bugzilla?

[Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 22:04:30 +0100
Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de> wrote:

> Am Dienstag 07 Dezember 2010 schrieb Randy Dunlap:
> > On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:39:46 +0100 Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > [Bug 23642] New: easycap driver fails to compile in 2.6.37-rc3
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23642
> > 
> > That one has received attention.  I commented on it and I have posted
> > a patch that fixes that particular build problem.
> 
> Sorry, I somehow missed that reply. Thanks.

The Bugzilla system did have some hickups in the last months, but seems
stable now.  (knock wood)

 
> > Bugs that are posted to LKML usually are added to the kernel bugzilla
> > by one of the bugzilla maintainers.  They would also select the
> > component, so you could just try that route to see if it works better.
> 
> Or I create a Bugzilla to save bugzilla maintainers some work and post a 
> hint on the mailinglist, too?
> 
> Ciao,

Yes, this would be ok. If you do that, it might be useful to also post a
note in the bugzilla report with a reference to the mailinglist-thread
in case a solutions crops up via mail and somehow doesn't make it into
the bugzilla. That makes it easier to decide what to do with a left-over
bugreport 6 months from now. 

Regards,
Flo