Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-09 Thread David Neary
Hi, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > in GNOME Bugzilla. The GIMP developers have no way of fixing a bug even > if they know how it should be done. Personally I consider anyone who contributes their time to furthering the GIMP (including Jernej) a GIMP Developer. > But seeing the waste amount of bug

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-08 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
Hi, On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 12:09, Michael Schumacher wrote: > Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > > But seeing the waste amount of bugs filed primarily for win32 installers > > since we released 2.0.0 I am slowly starting to change my mind. Perhaps > > a '3rd party installer' or similar component should

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-08 Thread Michael Schumacher
Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 17:50, Sven Neumann wrote: Because we can't do anything about the bugs. Nobody but the packager can. The situation would be different if the tools used to build the binary packages would be in GNOME CVS. That would certainly qualify the projec

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-08 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
Hi, On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 17:50, Sven Neumann wrote: > Because we can't do anything about the bugs. Nobody but the packager > can. The situation would be different if the tools used to build the > binary packages would be in GNOME CVS. That would certainly qualify > the project for also using the

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-08 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
Hi, On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 01:49, Sven Neumann wrote: > Simon Budig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What about a component "installers" or "binary packages" where we > > can put the bugs that are related to a certain gimp distribution? > > If the maintainers of the "installers" or "binary packages

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Simon Budig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dave Neary ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Jernej's installers are a great service, and if we don't want him to stop > > (and I know I don't), and bit more tolerance is called for. Currently, we > > don't even tell people how they should report bugs

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Michael Schumacher
Dave Neary wrote: > Sven Neumann wrote: > > "Branko Collin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Of course, this would put the burden of triage on the GIMP developers > >>who are currently doing that, but it might avoid reporters being > >>scared away by curt WONTFIX replies. > > > > The reply is NO

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Branko Collin
On 7 May 2004, at 17:50, Sven Neumann wrote: > Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > By "we", you mean "I", don't you? And today that hasn't happened at > > least once, the reply was simply "Your bug report is about the > > installer then and thus does not belong into this bug-tracker". >

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > By "we", you mean "I", don't you? And today that hasn't happened at > least once, the reply was simply "Your bug report is about the > installer then and thus does not belong into this bug-tracker". Well, I knew that I was dealing with Branko, who sho

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Sven Neumann wrote: "Branko Collin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Of course, this would put the burden of triage on the GIMP developers who are currently doing that, but it might avoid reporters being scared away by curt WONTFIX replies. The reply is NOTGNOME and we usually ask the bug reporte

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Simon Budig wrote: What about a component "installers" or "binary packages" where we can put the bugs that are related to a certain gimp distribution? Sure, I could do this. I'll wait to see what the feedback on this thread is first. Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, "Branko Collin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Of course, this would put the burden of triage on the GIMP developers > who are currently doing that, but it might avoid reporters being > scared away by curt WONTFIX replies. The reply is NOTGNOME and we usually ask the bug reporter to get in

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Simon Budig
Dave Neary ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Jernej's installers are a great service, and if we don't want him to stop > (and I know I don't), and bit more tolerance is called for. Currently, we > don't even tell people how they should report bugs against the installer, > the bugs are just closed NOT

Re: [Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Branko Collin wrote: However, anyone who uses a pre-compiled build cannot know beforehand what part of the bugs are build related, and what part GIMP related. Especially MS Windows users, who may not (and should not!) have a concept of build versus source distribution to begin with, may fin

[Gimp-developer] reporting bugs on builds

2004-05-07 Thread Branko Collin
I just got rebuked by Sven for reporting bugs that are strictly related to Jernej Simoncic's MS Windows builds of the GIMP. Apparently, Bugzilla is only there for reporting bugs on the stuff that WGO distributes. In a way, that definitely makes sense. However, anyone who uses a pre-compiled