From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: networking bugs and bugme.osdl.org Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:03:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-net-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030628.150328.74739742.davem@redhat.com> References: <1056755336.5459.16.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030627.172123.78713883.davem@redhat.com> <1056827972.6295.28.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: greearb@candelatech.com, davidel@xmailserver.org, mbligh@aracnet.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk In-Reply-To: <1056827972.6295.28.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Alan Cox Date: 28 Jun 2003 20:19:32 +0100 On Sad, 2003-06-28 at 01:21, David S. Miller wrote: > I respond to private reports with "please send this to the lists, > what if I were on vacation for the next month?" I never actually > process or analyze such reports. Which means you miss stuff. Not my problem Alan. If the user gives a crap about their report mattering, they'll do what I ask them to do. If users send their report to the wrong place, it will get lost, just like if their cat their report into /dev/null. I have no reason to feel bad about the information getting lost. If it's too much for them to do as I ask, it's too much for me to consider their report. Bug reporting, just like patch submission, is a 2 way street.