On Jan 2, 2008 10:00 AM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Jan 2, 2008 9:23 AM, Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Dec 2007, Jon Stanley wrote: > > > > > I was triaging old bugs in the FC6 kernel, and got this back form a > > > reporter. While I agree that a lack of response can be frustrating > > > to a reporter, I'm not entirely sure what (if anything) we can do > > > about it.- I'm sending this to marketing-list since it seems to be a > > > problem for us rather than QA - though probably both, and I'm sure > > > alot of us are on both. > > > > Handling this exact kind of problem is why bug triagers are worth their > > weight in gold. > > > > Because here's the thing: people don't expect all of their bugs to be > > magically fixed. (Well, some do, but it doesn't make good business sense > > or good community sense to cater to unreasonable people.) > > > > What they *do* expect is for someone to say, "gee, thanks for posting this > > bug, we'll set the priority accordingly and maybe poke a developer." And > > we fail pretty miserably at that. > > > > Cross-posting to the Fedora advisory board list. Our inability to create > > and nurture a bug triage community continues to be painful, and our > > current QA resources within Red Hat continue to be (necessarily) > > technically focused rather than community focused. This is a problem we > > need to solve. > > I know ideas are a dime a dozen but here is one idea anyway ... > > We've been discussing how universities can take a more active role in > helping students find suitable open source projects to participate in > and ways they can find a fit between their skills and the needs of > open source projects elsewhere. > > I think it would be immensely helpful to those of us at universities > who don't have a lot of direct access to students to have one > marketing tool available to us ... an eye-catching poster that we > could scatter around campus ... perhaps containing a short list of > fedora needs that don't require a lot of technical skill and an empty > spot where we might add some mentor contact information for anyone > interested. > I couldn't agree more. This is a great spot for anyone to step into the community and make a difference. > John > > > -- > Fedora-marketing-list mailing list > Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list > -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list