From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935495AbYEBSTy (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 14:19:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762226AbYEBSTr (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 14:19:47 -0400 Received: from smtp-out03.alice-dsl.net ([88.44.63.5]:40263 "EHLO smtp-out03.alice-dsl.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761396AbYEBSTq (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 14:19:46 -0400 To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Daniel Hazelton , "Parag Warudkar" , "Adrian Bunk" , LKML Subject: Re: How to reduce the number of open kernel bugs From: Andi Kleen References: <82e4877d0805020742l7d4a6ec9mc72e79aa3d242348@mail.gmail.com> <82e4877d0805021030s793835a1le0032673b0f4c6c7@mail.gmail.com> <200805021344.59492.dhazelton@enter.net> <200805021948.48345.rjw@sisk.pl> Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 20:18:03 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200805021948.48345.rjw@sisk.pl> (Rafael J. Wysocki's message of "Fri, 2 May 2008 19:48:47 +0200") Message-ID: <877iecvack.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 May 2008 18:11:08.0959 (UTC) FILETIME=[E5669AF0:01C8AC7F] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Rafael J. Wysocki" writes: >> >> And I have to agree here. But there should be something that can be done >> to "coax" the maintainers that pull that kind of immature crap into acting >> mature and responsible. > > Well, how exactly would you want to do that? He could start to fix a few such bugs he's describing (usually with very vague reports) by himself. Or instead of fixing them just trying to get all the information out of the reporter. Then he would realize what the the difference between theory and practice is. -Andi