[Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Recruitment (Reviewers, Testers, Maintainers, Hobbyists)

Steven Rostedt rostedt at goodmis.org
Fri Jul 17 12:21:02 UTC 2015


On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:16:29 +0100
Mel Gorman <mgorman at suse.de> wrote:


> Agreed that there is no excuse to ignore it but the hassle factor of
> reporting is not just the only issue. I find it difficult to just file a
> bug unless the issue is extremely difficult or I'm completely swamped with
> other work. I like to think that I generally know what I'm doing and that
> bug reports should be accompanied with some sort of patch in the common
> case just out of pride. Other experienced people might be the same but
> realistically we can't do anything about that because it's about feelings.
> 
> The hassle factor of sending patches to unfamiliar maintainers is real
> though. If I'm privately helping someone post a patch I will try and give
> them additional information on the maintainer they are dealing with and
> what snags are specific to that person.  Obviously it is not information
> that is documented anywhere.  This hazard is fine if you have someone on
> hand with that information but I imagine it's rougher if you're on your own.

But as I said below, it's only a hassle if you want your patch applied.
It isn't a hassle if you just simply report the bug and say "btw, this
patch fixes the issue, use it or make your own, but please fix the bug".

-- Steve



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