On Sun Jan 12, 2003 at 04:25:42PM +0100, Luca Olivetti wrote:

> >>If I'm not wrong there's no bugzilla for released distributions.
> >>https://qa.mandrakesoft.com is only for cooker.
> >
> >Sorry, you're right.  I meant MandrakeExpert, which is where all
> >released problems should be sent to.
> 
> Well, maybe mandrakeexpert interface is better for newbies,  but for bug 
> querying/reporting/tracking seems totally useless to me.

Be that as it may, it has no bearing on my point.  These gripes and
demands of "Mandrake, where is the update?!?" are made on a mailing
list without previously anyone indicating there is a problem.  So
whether MandrakeExpert is for n00bs or bugzilla is for cooker is
irrelevant.  What's relevant here is someone bitching about something
not being fixed without ever having made the attempt to tell us it was
broken.

Now, last I checked, MandrakeSoft employees aren't psychic, so how are
we supposed to know there is a problem if no one reports it?  While the
"tools" in question may be... questionable, if everyone sits back,
finds a problem, grumbles under their breath, tells their buddies, then
comes on a mailing list with demands of "where's the fix" without
having ever indicated the problem, then not only are they doing
MandrakeSoft a disservice, they are doing themselves one as well.

So while the interface of MandrakeExpert has pretty much jack to do
with anything, if you feel we are lacking in the department of
previously-released bug tracking tools, then please make that request. 
I'm sure today isn't the first time you thought ME was lacking.  Why
haven't you made a formal request for better release bug tracking
tools?

At any rate, the individual in question *still* hasn't said anything
since he first made his complaint about this problem (and I use the
term "complaint" loosely).  It's that kind of "bitch and hide" that
makes it very difficult to do anything to help.

If anyone can indicate to me that 2.2.7a fixes this problem, and can
provide information that it actually *does* fix it (ie. something in th
changelog, etc.) then we'd be happy to look into it.  Otherwise, I'm
pretty much done with this thread.  There are far more important things
to do that track down an elusive bug that "reporter" doesn't have time
to expand upon.

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