Re: [Xen-users] xen forum

[Gordan Bobic <gordan@bobich.net>]

 On Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:49 +0100, George Dunlap 
 <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com> wrote:

>>>>>>> I believe both mailing lists are great but there are so may 
>>>>>>> postings
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> many issues get missed. There are some bugs that hand never 
>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>> resolved
>>>>>>> because developers are unaware of it. I just setup forum for 
>>>>>>> xen
>>>>>>> users at
>>>>>>> sam.hebe.us/forums please be free to join
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would be easier for us if the bug reports and such were 
>>>>>> posted on
>>>>>> xen-devel.
>>>>>> Please consult 
>>>>>> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
>>>>>> when
>>>>>> doing it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Surely a bug-tracking system that emails all reports to 
>>>>> xen-devel
>>>>>   automatically would cover the best of both worlds, would it 
>>>>> not?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not unless developers can reply to the bug by hitting reply in 
>>>> their
>>>> MUA.
>>>
>>>
>>> Please drop the forum idea. Xen should use a proper bug tracking
>>> system like Bugzilla (which allows replying to bugs by clicking
>>> "Reply" in MUA).
>>> Take a look at: 
>>> http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/4.0/en/html/api/email_in.html
>>
>>
>> +1
>>
>> Along with a wiki for documentation that is actually kept updated 
>> when
>> features are added/removed/changed and more importantly, that 
>> clearly states
>> if/when obvious features are unexpectedly and conspicuously missing 
>> (e.g.
>> domU config file method of passing multiple USB devices to domU).
>
> So the thing here is that I don't think any of the active developers
> knew there was that limitation.  As soon as I discovered it, I just
> fixed it (which is why 4.3 will have support for passing multiple USB
> devices in the config file).
>
> If you find other obvious missing features like that, please mention
> them on the list, and/or suggest them in the xen.org uservoice page:
>  http://xenorg.uservoice.com

 Somebody mentioned it before. Here's a thread from 2009:
 http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-users/2009-10/msg00010.html

 I think you are further strengthening the case for the list being
 too leaky as a method of reporting things like this.

 Gordan