On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 01:44:57AM +0200, Rene Wagner wrote:
> 
> numerous bugs filed in handhelds.org bugzilla appear to be neither
> related to packages distributed by handhelds.org (Familiar or Intimate)
> nor packages where handhelds.org is upstream. Some probably qualify as
> bugs in the OE metadata, some as missing device adaptation (OpenZaurus),
> some as upstream bugs in packages distributed by OpenZaurus.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> To address the problem, I suggest to 
> <snip>
> 
> - ask OpenZaurus users to always file bugs in the bug tracker of their
>   distribution first (AIUI, OE bugzilla). The maintainer of the package
>   knows best whether it's an OpenZaurus bug or an upstream one, and
>   which place is right to report upstream bugs

As an end-user of OpenZaurus, this seems like the most sane way to handle
these kinds of issues. Theoretically, the distro pkg maintainers would be
best equipped to determine if it's a distro or upstream bug, and provide
a pointer to the correct upstream defect tracker.

Just my 2c on the issue.


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