From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751965Ab1JZUPQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:15:16 -0400 Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:57815 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751164Ab1JZUPO convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:15:14 -0400 X-Envelope-From: stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:15:07 +0200 From: Stefan Richter To: Bruno =?UTF-8?B?UHLDqW1vbnQ=?= , carla.sella@gmail.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Maciej Rutecki Subject: Re: reporting a bug Message-ID: <20111026221507.13f705ee@stein> In-Reply-To: <20111026215109.24e0e737@neptune.home> References: <4EA8641C.2010905@gmail.com> <20111026215109.24e0e737@neptune.home> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.5; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Oct 26 Bruno Prémont wrote: > On Wed, 26 October 2011 Carla Sella wrote: > > Hello, My name is Carla and I'm member of the Ubuntu laptop testing team. > > I was asked to report a bug upstream on bugzilla.kernel.org. > > As bugzilla.kernel.org is down, must I wait for it to be restored or is > > there an alternative way to report a bug ? > > Thank you. > > The alternative is to report the bug here, CCing the appropriate > subsystem lists (and later filing the bug under bugzilla once it comes > back - if needed) Even when bugzilla.kernel.org was functional, the better way to report kernel bugs was widely regarded to post at LKML (and any appropriate subsystem mailinglist). Many (?) developers consider bugzilla.kernel.org to be a _tracking_ tool rather than a reporting tool. Some developers did not like to interact with bugzilla.kernel.org at all. I too think that bug reporting and bug tracking are not entirely the same, and that LKML (or kernel subsystem mailinglists, respectively) are usually preferable for bug reporting. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==-== =-=- ==-=- http://arcgraph.de/sr/