Hi David,
and what about the human reason, that those not finding
or even searching about cygcheck in FAQ/README
probably won't find this bugreport program, too?
In the worst case the traffic on the list isn't cut down,
but merely pointing to this new program instead of cygcheck!
Bye, Heribert ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David A. Cobb [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 23:38
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: A standard bug-reporting program for cygwin
>
> Is there a good technical reason why an existing open-source system,
> such as
> Bugzilla, is inappropriate?
>
>
> Chris Faylor wrote:
>
> > I'd like to set up a shell script or program which could be run to
> generate
> > text to be sent to the cygwin mailing list.
> >
> > It would ask a limited number of questions and generate a text file
> appropriate
> > for mailing here.
> >
> > My idea would be for the script to run 'cygcheck -r -s -v' and
> then ask
> >
> > What program is causing problems (e.g., gcc, bash, awk, etc)?
> >
> > Describe the problem in detail (a simple test case would be
> appreciated):
> >
> > Enter the name of any associated files needed to generate the
> problem.
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > Created file xxx. Please send this file to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the
> > subject "bug report".
> >
> > Does this make sense? My goal is to cut down on the back and forth
> of the "I can
> > provide details if necessary". "Yes. Provide details."
> >
> > cgf
> >
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