On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:25 PM, John Poelstra <poelstra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've been wondering if there is a better way to set "bug reporter > expectations"? IOW is it a realistic expectation for someone to believe > that every time they file a legitimate (real) bug that it will be fixed? Probably not - as a triage team, we have little to no purview over what package maintainers do. Also, as has been discussed before, the Fedora package maintainer is occasionally just that - a packager, not a developer. Therefore, they rely upon the upstream developers to actually fix a non-packaging bug. If upstream is not as responsive as we strive to be, there's not a whole lot we can do other than declare the package dead (and hopefully the maintainer has the wherewithal to do that). Also, time (of both the Fedora packager and upstream) is a finite resource. You would think that important bugs get fixed quickly - the less important/cosmetic ones might not. OTOH, if the maintainer is just out and out not responding in any fashion, there is http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Policy/NonResponsiveMaintainers which can help. > If the answer is 'no' how do we convey that message kindly and in a > way that makes sense without alleviating people and discouraging them > from reporting bugs? I think the maintainer does, or in the case of a non-responsive maintainer, the new maintainer. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
