Re: Reporting Bugs on This List

[Eduardo Panisset <eduardo.panisset@gmail.com>]

Okay David,

Sorry, lack me experience on what to expect and what procedures I
should follow as is the first time I'm participating on this list.
However my intention is just to contribute for the kernel stability
and development.

I will be pacient.

Thanks.

Thank you also to Atis (I will check the link you have sent).

Eduardo Panisset.


On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Eduardo Panisset <eduardo.panisset@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:05:59 -0300
>
>> I have already reported two bugs on XFRM framework since yesterday.
>> However my reports haven't been answered yet (I thought strange as
>> this list is very active) and one of my questions simply disappeared
>> even if its a simple plain text messages without offensive terms
>> neither I think any other constraint.
>
> It's incredibly unreasonable to expect immediate responses from a
> group of volunteers.
>
> Personally, it takes me over 2 hours just to make a first pass over
> the day's emails in the morning.  This means not even replying to
> anything or reading any content seriously.  That's just deleting the
> excess postings I have no direct interest in.
>
> Then I go over patches, that can take 3 hours or more.
>
> And then, and only then, can I look at bug reports and other things
> which are not new patches.  And your mail falls into that category
> because you didn't post a proper patch, and if you did you'd need
> to properly signoff on the patch and provide a properly formed
> commit message.
>
> You just need to be patient.
>