From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gordan Bobic Subject: Re: [Xen-users] xen forum Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:35 +0100 Message-ID: <34e3b0bdf844412d2f7b65568b26459c@mail.shatteredsilicon.net> References: "\" <20130521142917.GO492@phenom.dumpdata.com> <1369148674.21246.92.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com>" " <519C6BC4.2050506@bobich.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: George Dunlap Cc: xen-users , xen-devel@lists.xen.org, Bartek Krawczyk List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:49 +0100, George Dunlap 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