Ineiev <[email protected]> writes: > On 09/27/2012 03:13 PM, Michał Masłowski wrote: >> Register there or convince other developers that you don't need mail >> notifications and we should allow anonymous submissions. > > Thank you; I choose not to register. > > How can I contact those other developers?
E.g. by writing to the [email protected] list. > Basically, my point is as follows: Parabola is known > to follow FSF's guidelines for free system distributions; and > they imply "a firm commitment to correct mistakes". > > I'm not sure the commitment may definitely qualify as firm > if a random user can't easily report the bugs; personally, > so far I've done the next: You can report these in less formal ways, they rarely need to be searchable or discussed on the tracker (most are "solved" by removing a package and listing it on the blacklist). Changing this is needed for technical issues that e.g. prevent users from installing Parabola on their machines. > (0) I tried the described procedure for the first time (months ago). > (1) When I failed to report the bug and to find on those pages > any contacts of Parabola people, I asked [email protected] > for assistance; after some discussion they pointed to this mailing > list. There are small links to the IRC channel and to the lists (and the main page of the new issue tracker) on the main page. > (2) I dropped a message to this list without prior subscription; > the message seems to have been rejected. I think they are manually approved, I don't know who does it, we need a clearer policy on that. > I don't think it is absolutely necessary to accept anonymous > submissions (though it would be good IMO); however, Parabola could > at least Several users wrote that they won't report bugs since it requires registration, we should fix this. > (a) say in the wiki (or better in the bug tracker) that one > should register in order to report bugs there; > (b) suggest that > people may alternatively report bugs e.g. on this list; This is implicit, would asking to report problems with the bug tracker there be ok? > (c) moderate the messages coming to that list from non-subscribers > more carefully.
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