Re: Who wants to maintain KR list for stable releases? (was Re: nmi_watchdog=2 regression in 2.6.21)

Michal Piotrowski
2007-08-27T15:12:15Z

On 27/08/07, Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 02:45 +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> > Daniel Walker pisze:
> > [snip]
> > > Have you considered maintaining all the lists in Bugzilla?
> >
> > Yes, I have considered it.
> >
> > Bugzilla sucks when it comes to tracking things. There is
> > a regression field, but there are no difference between
> > 2.6.22 and 2.6.23 regression.
> >
> > Most people are reporting bugs through LKML:
> > - 23 regressions with reference to LKML
> > - 4 regressions with reference to Bugzilla
>
> The main reason that I commented on this was because of your comment
> below in the release emails,
>
> Feel free to add new regressions/remove fixed etc.
> http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions
>
> And I was thinking, if these bugz need to transition over the bugzilla
> anyway why not go straight there instead of via kernelnewbies .. People
> would just get bugzilla accounts and open new bugz entry.

Some people hates Bugzilla, and they do not want to use it.

>
> I not trying to force you into something , and ultimately it whatever is
> easier for you.. Which was my main reason for commenting on it.
>
> > > If you had a
> > > search of open bugs they would just fall of the list as they get
> > > closed..
> >
> > Unfortunately, the world is not perfect.
>
> I think over time it would work like that , but I'm sure there's lots of
> people who don't care about our bugzilla ..
>
> Daniel
>
>

Regards,
Michal

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