Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > At 06:52 PM 5/28/98 -0400, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > >Which do you prefer, a silence which shows no signs of ending, > >or a no-op which at least lets the user know we haven't forgotten > >the issue even if we haven't looked at it? > > I understand your reasoning; I guess my customer-service background > was cringing at the implied "we don't care about your bug report" > in the message, but then again they aren't paying us :) so asking > them to do a little more work to let us know if the bug is still > current might not be bad I guess. Maybe the default text could be > modified a bit, but I don't have any suggestions right now.
D'accord, 100%. BTW, this rather Draconian treatment has actually resulted in closer to half-a-dozen PRs off the open list. I *did* reword the message to-day to add the bit about 'if there's a newer version please try it and let us know.' Before it didn't even say that. I'll update the message with anything anyone thinks is better (within reason, of course ;-). #ken P-)} Ken Coar <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/> Apache Group member <http://www.apache.org/> "Apache Server for Dummies" <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/ASFD/>
