On Tuesday 02 June 2009 11:09:49 pm Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Kevin Kofler wrote: > > Steve Grubb wrote: > >> I don't want to start a long thread, but just to ask a couple questions > >> for my own clarification. Does a maintainer's responsibilities end with > >> packaging bugs? IOW, if there is a problem in the package that is > >> _broken code_ do they need to do something about it or is it acceptable > >> for them to close the bug and say talk to upstream? > > > > It's the reporter's job to report the bug upstream when asked to do so. > > I disagree. Reporters are "users" - "customers" if you like to. > > You can't expect them to do anything, nor demand them to do anything, > nor force them to do anything. > > That said, I consider it to be a Fedora package's maintainer's job and > duty to act as moderator/arbiter/coordinator to initiate appropriate > communication/interaction between all different parties (reporter, > packager, upstreams) "when necessary/if required". For the record, I agree with this sentiment. If there's a bug in my packages, I want to fix it and not cause the reporter to have to get upstream bz accounts or join upstream mail lists just because they reported a problem. I will interact with the reporter until I see the problem myself. And then I can fix it or show upstream the problem. Thanks everybody for the opinions. I just wanted to raise awareness on this topic. -Steve -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
