On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Adam Williamson <awill...@redhat.com> wrote: > I don't think there's ever an absolute answer to this question. > Sometimes it makes more sense for the original reporter to report > upstream - in which case the maintainer should politely ask them to; > sometimes it makes more sense for the maintainer to report upstream. It > very much depends on the circumstances of the bug.
For me it comes down to one test. If I can reproduce it, I can be the one to carry the torch to upstream and I can invite the original reporter to come along for the ride. If I can't reproduce it, I have to get upstream and someone who can reproduce the problem talking somehow or the report is just going to bitrot. That means one of several things: *getting the reporter to file upstream or have them submit a patch that I can review and forward. *getting another user who can reproduce to act on the behalf of the reporter *drawing upstream attention to the Fedora ticket and having the conversation there. -jef -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
