On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 4:45 PM, Steffen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thinking.
>
> Because an issue can be a configuration fault and not a bug. I think
> best is post it to the user list first or dev can reply in the AL
> forum.  Bugzilla is not so suited for discussions.

Yes, technical discussions and (possible) configuration issues are not
nice/appropriate for bz.
Qualified bugs are, and we can always (usually do) continue related
technical discussions on dev@, if needed.
There remain the description of the issue, final patches and where
they are committed/backported to in bz, which is nice for those who
didn't upgrade (for instance).

So once qualified it's always worth creating a bz for the record.

> Experience learns that AL users not always willing to be directed to
> bugzilla or to lists.
>
> Yep, hard for a non coder to understand what to do to report issues
> from my own test frame work, reported to me by mail, reported in the
> forum.

It's hard to get a fix without reporting appropriately, the less time
spent by the committer, the faster the issue gets resolved.

>
> For years I and others report issues on the dev list, but suddenly it
> seems not be the way anymore.
>
> What is changed lately ?

Well, it sometimes works on the one or the other, the preferred way is
(and has always been AFAICT) to fill a bz and ping on dev@ if it lacks
attention...

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