On Wednesday 31 March 2010 01:56:56 Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't think there's ever an absolute answer to this question. > > Sometimes it makes more sense for the original reporter to report > > upstream - in which case the maintainer should politely ask them to; > > sometimes it makes more sense for the maintainer to report upstream. It > > very much depends on the circumstances of the bug. > > For me it comes down to one test. If I can reproduce it, I can be the > one to carry the torch to upstream and I can invite the original > reporter to come along for the ride. > > If I can't reproduce it, I have to get upstream and someone who can > reproduce the problem talking somehow or the report is just going to > bitrot. That means one of several things: > > *getting the reporter to file upstream or have them submit a patch > that I can review and forward. > *getting another user who can reproduce to act on the behalf of the > reporter *drawing upstream attention to the Fedora ticket and having the > conversation there. Agreed. I forget to mention "be able to reproduce" - most important thing. Jaroslav > -jef -- Jaroslav Řezník <jreznik@xxxxxxxxxx> Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno Office: +420 532 294 275 Mobile: +420 602 797 774 Red Hat, Inc. http://cz.redhat.com/ -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
