Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support
newcomers to Linux. That is why we have debian-user. We have a
responsibility to those new users to train them to be free users.
They can only do that if they become familiar with
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Rob Browning [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-devel@lists.debian.org,
debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-policy@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh
segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2
From: John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
-- M.C. Escher
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support
newcomers to Linux. That is why we have
Pat Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just from the point of view of a typical user, eg, me just doing
a quick scan of the debian-user archives doesn't take all that long.
They're very up-to-date, usually just a day or so behind. Browsing
the archives with navigator presents a nice threaded
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support
newcomers to Linux. That is why we have debian-user. We have a
responsibility to those new users to train them to be free users.
They can only do that if they become familiar with
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Suggesting, even strongly, that it is proper proceedure when submitting a
bug, to research the bug reporting system first, and provide useful
information second, doesn't seem onerous to me, and has several practical
uses for the bug submitter, as well as
Larry Walewski wrote:
I think your ideas are great. I too am a newbie to Linux. First tried
installing
Caldera's OpenLinux Lite, but couldn't get it to work on my machine with
only 5 megs (probably could've with a little more work). Someone then
pointed me, thankfully, to Debian! So, I
Hi,
Rob == Rob Browning [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Rob Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in
exchange for the time they expect from the maintainer, and verify that the
bug has not been reported already. If it has, it is
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Make bug reporting any more onerous than it is, and peole
merely stop filing reports.
I suppose there is something to that.
For the most part the maintainer knows the bugs on a package
better than anyone else, and the maintainers are
On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Hi,
Rob == Rob Browning [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Rob Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in
exchange for the time they expect from the maintainer, and verify that the
bug
Hi,
Dale == Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dale On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Umm, no. It would be nice if they did it, but a novce user is
perfectly free to just file a bug report. I know I often do. I find
an error, usually that by itself is a frustrating experience,
Geeze, the crossposting is horrendous. I don't see this as a policy
issue, so followups to debian-devel or debian-user only please.
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Make bug reporting any more onerous than it is, and peole
merely stop
Dale Scheetz wrote:
On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Hi,
Rob == Rob Browning [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Rob Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in
exchange for the time they expect from the
On 30 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Hi,
Dale == Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dale On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Umm, no. It would be nice if they did it, but a novce user is
perfectly free to just file a bug report. I know I often do. I find
an error,
Hi,
Dale == Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dale I never said demand anything. I am talking about higher
Dale education for users, not binding them to a post in the town
Dale square and giving them 20 lashes.
;-) Well said. I agree with this post, completely. (If you
;look
On 30 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Hi,
Dale == Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dale I never said demand anything. I am talking about higher
Dale education for users, not binding them to a post in the town
Dale square and giving them 20 lashes.
;-) Well said. I agree
Before I start whining ;-) I want to thank Steve for the useful
information in his bug report, and although his bug report is a duplicate
report, and that is what I am here to complain about, I appreciate his
report and am not directing this at him specifically.
I have never experienced this
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in
exchange for the time they expect from the maintainer, and verify that the
bug has not been reported already. If it has, it is appropriate to send
the maintainer a confirmation that
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