James Cornell wrote: > Darren Kenny wrote: >> Hakim, >> >> There are several reasons for a bug to disappear off bugs.opensolaris.org - >> usually because it contains some "restricted" content - it's possible that >> this >> happened unintentionally, since it's not really clear *what* exactly can >> cause >> some bugs to vanish in this way... >> >> Do you have the bug ids? If so one of us that works in Sun might be able to >> check it out... >> >> As a suggestion, most people are using defect.opensolaris.org as the open bug >> tracking system, this is really the best point of call for a non-Sun user to >> log >> their bugs. It may happen that the bug eventually gets transferred >> internally, >> but at least you can still update it and the information should get to the >> appropriate developer. >> > This is just negligent and is concrete proof that Sun buries anything it > touches and has not really became as transparent as their media spinners > want you to think. Quite pathetic, there's little legal risk with most > the disappearing bugs, and internal members all the same as external > should be able to use the same interface regardless. Who gets to > comment and change status is up to the developer handling the bug > report, just how many open-source projects employ Trac for that > purpose. Though Sun has a history of making their employees use crappy > tools to do their work, so go figure.
Despite your interesting conspiracy theories there are a number of reasons why your assertions are false: 1) security-related bugs are for good reasons not public 2) many bugs have data or other information related to customers that cannot be made public due to privacy concerns 3) there is a delay in synchronising the bug database to bugs.opensolaris.org 4) until proper access controls can be developed or a bridge system put in place, it is necessary to limit access to the bug system this way; the tools CG is actively working on solving this issue Quite frankly, your sniping and condemnation is not reasonable and has no place here. -- Shawn Walker
