On 27/08/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:45:02 +0200 Michal Piotrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Daniel Walker pisze: > > [snip] > > > Have you considered maintaining all the lists in Bugzilla? > > > > Yes, I have considered it. > > > > Bugzilla sucks when it comes to tracking things. There is > > a regression field, but there are no difference between > > 2.6.22 and 2.6.23 regression. > > > > Most people are reporting bugs through LKML: > > - 23 regressions with reference to LKML > > - 4 regressions with reference to Bugzilla > > Presumably that's fixable. > > But I think bugzilla is more appropriate for tracking longer-term bugs. If > some problem has just popped up (or has just been discovered) then it's > best to try to knock it over with a quick email discussion. If that > doesn't work out then the bug should be captured in bugzilla so that it > doesn't get lost. > > The really important data which bugzilla will record are > > a) the fact that the bug exists and > > b) the identity of the person who can reproduce it and who will hopefully > work with us on fixing it. > > > > If you had a > > > search of open bugs they would just fall of the list as they get > > > closed.. > > > > Unfortunately, the world is not perfect. > > > > Is anyone interested in maintaining KR list for stable releases? > > I'm not sure that we need one, really. Any bugs in a stable release can be > handled via email and/or bugzilla as we are presently doing? > > What I'm concerned about is that regressions which we didn't fix are just > getting lost. Is anyone taking care to ensure that they are getting > transitioned into bugzilla for tracking?
I can copy all regression reports into Bugzilla after each release. Regards, Michal -- LOG http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/log/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
