On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:59:53AM -0500, Eric Bélanger wrote: > +1 for disabling comments for repo packages. Even with warnings, we > risk having users using the comments instead of the bug tracker to > report bugs. We already have users abusing the flag out-of-date > functionnality to report bugs. If devs are very unlikely to read > those comments, why would we have them in the first place? If users > want to discuss about a package among themselves, they already have > plenty of ways to do it: forums, ML, IRC.
That doesn't stop users from reporting bugs on the forums, ML, IRC and expecting devs to read them. Having comments and discussion about a package alongside the package makes a lot more sense than having the discussion detached elsewhere.
