Re: [fab] Non-standard kernels in the Fedora Multiverse

[Christopher Blizzard <blizzard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> I personally have a problem with that (maybe it's just the cranky 
> sysadmin in me):
> * If a bug isn't worth a few minutes of your time to create a bugzilla 
> account, the bug must not be that important.  This (IMO, small) barrier 
> weeds out frivolous reports.  Easier bug reporting is nice, but not at 
> the expense of receiving *good* bug reports.

Not sure if I agree with this assertion.  It might not be worth your 
time because it's currently high cost to process it.  If you can make it 
easy for them and useful to you because it contributes to an overall 
image of what's going on (adding to a data set) then it's definitely 
worth it.  Right now all we have is bugzilla, and it's the window that 
we're looking through.  Of course, everything seems expensive through 
that haze. :)

> * Without a bugzilla account, there is no mechanism for further 
> correspondence/feedback between reporter and developers.  I think this 
> is important too.

Maybe yes, maybe no.  I would respond and say that getting the data is 
still a net plus (assuming my caveats above) and that if we can't get 
the contact information it's still worth it to at least get the data. 
Maybe it's as simple as just asking for an email address, and that's it.

I would say that for most casual users a bugzilla account is waaay too 
much overhead.  And we're missing valuable data as a result.

--Chris