From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-dev-return-14506-arch-gentoo-dev=gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: (qmail 1561 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2004 18:27:08 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 27 Jul 2004 18:27:08 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BpWfJ-0000ip-OZ for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:27:06 +0000 Received: (qmail 7991 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jul 2004 18:27:05 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 3160 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2004 18:27:05 +0000 From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> Reply-To: wolf31o2@gentoo.org To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1090950859.29438.54.camel@montreal> References: <200407271254.50020.absinthe@gentoo.org> <20040727180443.4db0015c@snowdrop.home> <200407271327.29517.absinthe@gentoo.org> <20040727173952.GC13649@gonzo.stern.nyu.edu> <1090950859.29438.54.camel@montreal> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-XW5BO5PYiHoDZJC2SJ8+" Organization: Gentoo Linux Message-Id: <1090952437.9149.54.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:20:37 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bug voting X-Archives-Salt: 28f9f365-9439-40b2-88b1-2cbb12c95ada X-Archives-Hash: c1c40e6365f90e0fe467539101cd7699 --=-XW5BO5PYiHoDZJC2SJ8+ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 13:54, Olivier Crete wrote: > > I think the point (once you learn to decode ciaranm's acidic comments) > > is that this voting may result in a group of overly zealous users > > skewing things away from realistic priorities. We might see a bug about > > reiser4 support in g-d-s get pumped up to the top of the list, where a > > bug about fixing a major but subtle flaw in base-layout might not get > > any attention. (just an example (one that ciaranm will i'm sure enjoy)) > >=20 > > None the less, i think enabling it warrants consideration. >=20 > And since those votes are completely non-binding.. we are completely > free to ignore them if we believe they are wrong. It might still give > many devs who dont spend their time in #gentoo or the forums a more > direct idea of what users really care about. I tend to agree. As long as there is no policy *forcing* us to follow the results of the voting, I see no harm in it. After all, it will be easy enough for me to ignore the "add love-sources as default on the livecd" votes... *grin* What we will see is voting on lots of feature enhancements, which is good, as it will give us a clue on what our users want from us. What we won't see is much voting on bugs that are actual bugs. At least, not on the ones we can actually fix. When I spend time working on Gentoo, any enhancements *always* take back seat to actual bugs, and always will no matter how high they get "voted" simply because we should solve the problems with things we're already supporting, before adding more potential problems to the mix. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering QA Manager/Games Developer Gentoo Linux Is your power animal a penguin? --=-XW5BO5PYiHoDZJC2SJ8+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBBpz1kT4lNIS36YERAt80AJ9iAJ9OASYZaNL0nCu8vCw3crqUKQCgk2su TJmQnZxcZ5MR7zWfSSA2zj4= =XOWd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-XW5BO5PYiHoDZJC2SJ8+--