On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:20:18 -0400
Colin Walters wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Thomas Spura
> <toms...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> >
> > Without a clear way "how to reproduce" it, they can't help here
> 
> One advantage of automated collection (or semi-automated like ABRT) is
> that given enough crashes, it can be easier to track down the root
> cause.  So it's useful to have the report logged, even if we can't
> take immediate action on it.
> 
> > So some upstream author would help, but what in the cases, they
> > don't/can't?
> 
> Then keep it around until it becomes useful.
> 
> > Ignoring the bugs till the release is EOL is not really an option...
> 
> So for the reasons above there's no problem with leaving the report in
> the system.  Remember also that a certain percentage of crashes are
> going to happen simply due to bad hardware.  We have to accept noise
> in the system.  Crashes aren't bugs; they're crashes that may be bugs.

Ok, makes sense. I'll CC'ing you the next time, when such a crash
happens (and I suspect pygobject to do something wrong) and not
completely reassign it.
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