Frank Griffin wrote:

> I agree, but I'd question even sending the first report.

Well, if it were a seperate list, you wouldn't have to question it.

> Aren't people
> supposed to be searching Bugzilla first ?

The bugzilla mails to the list are not mainly for people who would
otherwise post bugs, it is mainly for people who can help fix bugs. It
allows distributed bug resolution. Before the bugzilla list, bugzilla
traffic was much lower.

> If they run into something,
> searching Bugzilla seems a lot more straightforward than hoping that you
>  remember some mail that flew by a month or so ago.

For me, it is much quicker to search through my 3-6-month archive of the
bugzilla mails, than to even get to the bugzilla search page.

> Also, one of the problems with Bugzilla is that certain categories (like
>  Installation) bypass sending mail to anybody at Mandrake *except* the
> Cooker ML.

File a bug on Bugzilla (not bugzilla ... IIRC).

Regards,
Buchan



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