On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > It was done to not have millions of "my internet connection does not > > work, how do I fix it" type bug reports, where the reporters never > > returned to bugzilla anyway. So, now you need to have an account (so you > > will be informed of the status of your bug), and people without edit_bug > > can't mark bugs as confirmed, they have to be confirmed by someone who > > does. > > > > There just need to be more people who can and do. > > The problem is, I don't personally like acting as if I'm running for office > everytime I find a bug I think should be confirmed. It's kinda bad that > rather than searching for other bugs I'm e-mailing people to ask them to vote > for my bug and I'll make sure that some of the funds go to their state. Oh, > sorry, there are no funds involved. ;-) I mean, I have several outstanding > bug reports that could use consideration, but it seems to me posting on to > cooker another request for votes simply lowers the signal:noise ratio. > > Maybe it should be that everyone who has had five or ten valid bugs gets > edit_bug or some other privilage that allows them to confirm their own bugs?
Sure, that is what shuold be done in the long term. We may not have the luxury of the long term. In the mean time, those whoe do not have edit_bug can help those that do, such as searching for dupes and posting the list here (like John Keller is doing). Then those that do have edit_bug will have fewer to try and confirm, and hopefully Warly will give them edit_bug due to performance? Anyway, I am still seeing a bunch of "my internet connection does not work" bugs, with absolutely no useful information (does not state if there is an ip address on the card, if name resolution works, if ping works etc). Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
