On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:42:57 +0100 Miloslav TrmaÄ <mitr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I personally can say that the week-long delay significantly diminishes > my enjoyment of backporting patches into existing Fedora releases. > > Being able to spend 30 minutes fixing a bug for an user and getting an > immediate feeling of accomplishment is much better than spending 30 > minutes fixing a bug and then ... nothing; I could just as well spend > only 15 minutes fixing the bug upstream and not bother to create a > patch for an update. Well, it's not quite immediate, but why not ask the user affected who reported the bug to add +1 karma to the update when they confirm it fixes it? Then your update should just go to stable if you set it to +1. (or only need a provenpackager to confirm if it's critpath). > Sure, the users will get the bug fixes eventually, when a next Fedora > release is made. Sure, I should be able to overcome my feelings and > just do what is right for the users. Yet, when I'm deciding how to > spend my free time, it doesn't quite work that way; not always. Yeah, understandable. Personally I feel good when I can get the user who reported the bug a fix, even if it takes a bit longer for everyone else to get that fix. I often ask reporters to test scratch builds with the fix, then when I submit a proper update ask them to add karma and retest. Almost everyone I have asked to do this has been happy to be involved. kevin
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