From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DMARC_REJECT,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_NONE,SPOOFED_FREEMAIL_NO_RDNS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from uranus.u235.eyep.net (unknown [194.90.113.98]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A7912AC40F for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 02:16:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 20652 invoked by uid 1000); 24 Jul 2002 07:16:12 -0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugs Bugs Bugs & Unstablity From: Vitaly Kushneriuk To: Gentoo-dev In-Reply-To: <3D3DDE5A.2080909@gentoo.org> References: <3D3DDE5A.2080909@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 24 Jul 2002 10:16:12 +0300 Message-Id: <1027494972.7208.3.camel@uranus.u235.eyep.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 9b8ddfe1-2308-4005-a42c-32e5d5d84da1 X-Archives-Hash: 41f4335860e8b8b402bd91f9f0f2b000 On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 01:53, Doug Goldstein wrote: > All I ever hear or read about is people complaining about bugs or > stability issues or an ebuild problem. Granted I'm not complaining about > this, this is good... we need to know this. But there is one thing > missing... I go to http://bugs.gentoo.org and sort through the bugs and > there are hardly any bug reports for the problems people say. > > Here's a couple things I'd like to see our users do as far as bugs > 1) Fill out bug reports @ http://bugs.gentoo.org > 2) Provide us with all the necessary details... for example... if you > just tell me that libfoo's latest ebuild doesn't compile for you. That > is definetly not enough detail. Provide the FULL version including our > ebuild revision, such as libfoo-1.0.1-r1.ebuild is what we'd like to see. > 3) You NEED to tell us which version compiler you are using. > 4) You need to tell us your USE flags and your CFLAGS > 5) Provide us with a copy and paste of the exact error message. > 6) Any other data you feel might be revelant. > > If you do all that more bugs will be fixed and they will hopefully be > fixed faster. > > And if the person who sent me the patch against the latest version of > pcmcia-cs over IRC in a /query while I was gone is here.... please fill > out a bug report and lemme know what it fixes and include it. My battery > on the laptop ran out while I was gone. > > In conclusion, you need to submit your bugs and concerns in a reliable > fashion so that they can be properly addressed... the only way to do > that is to fill out a bug report. > > -- > Doug Goldstein > Developer (Laptops, WiFi, GCC-3.1) > Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/~cardoe/ Writing report wizard that will collect needed information and submit it to the bugzilla might help ;-).