Hi Frank, On Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:39:00 Frank Reininghaus wrote: > 2013/6/20 Sebastian Kügler: > > Hi Frank, > > > > On Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:51:58 Frank Reininghaus wrote: > >> Moreover, I will from now on: > >> > >> (a) Close all "Dolphin freezes/crashes/formats my hard drive when > >> right-clicking a file" bug reports immediately, unless the bug > >> descrition states that the issue persists when all plugins are > >> disabled, and > > > > Just closing such a bugreport will leave the reporter puzzled and > > dismayed. > > Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. I never close a bug report without > providing a detailed explanation.
Ah, then I misunderstood you, fortunately. I got the impression that you'd just close it to get it out of sight. Good to know better. :) > > Why not just ask to reproduce with plugins disabled, then enable plugin > > for > > plugin, and reassign the bug accordingly? > > I've tried that often enough. Most bug reporters never respond. > Therefore, I think it's better to close the report and ask the > reporter to reopen if he/she can provide useful information. That's exactly what we have the NEEDSINFO flag for, or does this usecase not apply here? > >> (b) If anything as bad as the Activities issue ever happens again, and > >> the plugin developer refuses to respond to bug reports for more than > >> one or two weeks, I will prevent that this plugin is loaded in > >> Dolphin, and I won't care if anyone says that I shouldn't do it > >> because it's an ugly workaround. > > > > Let's assume we can do better, and not spew threats around on mailing > > lists. That's not going to help, and most likely, any new case will be > > different enough to warrant at least some communication around it. > > IMHO, reassignig bug reports and asking for the developer's feedback > *is* communication. But if you think that this isn't enough, I can > also send a message to a suitable mailing list (if the plugin has one) > if I think that the situation is so bad that something must be done > urgently. Again, misunderstanding here. You didn't write reassign, I thought you wanted to just pop in some code that effectively disabled or breaks that plugin, and done. Again, glad to know better. Cheers and thanks for the clarification, -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9