On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 12:37, Buchan Milne wrote: > 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
Buchan, Just a side thought...if kdeartworks is wanted... could the program xemacs (Note emacs-X11) be swapped out. Since emacs-X11 is the replacement for xemacs with superior functionality I'm told.... this might be the time to take a look at some of the unused legacy here. Just a thought. Not meant as a critique. James
