On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 04:48:31PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 01:34:01 +0200
>
> > May I ask why?
>
> Because I shouldn't have to spend time on some bugzilla web site just
> to work on some bug. The bugs should come to me, by being reported to
> the appropriate mailing list, I shouldn't have to seek them.
>
> The kernel bugzilla exists only to make some bean counters at some
> corporations happy that there is some place to track kernel bugs. But
> this is wholly incompatible with how upstream kernel development
> works. The kernel bugzilla database would never have been created
> with the sole impetus of the core kernel folks, that's simply not how
> we work.
At least recently, Andrew is extensively using the Bugzilla.
> That is why.
>
> Sending bugzilla reports directly to the list is not the answer.
> That means a lot of garbage ends up on the list, so if anything
> it should either:
>
> 1) get forwarded by hand by someone willing to volunteer to
> filter out the crap
OK, I'll start with forwarding the current sparc64 bugs (no, I won't
forward unfiltered crap).
> 2) get sent directly to the right mailing list in the first
> place, bypassing the kernel bugzilla altogether
>
> The latter is what happens in practice for sparc stuff.
cu
Adrian
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