Re: Linux 2.6.21

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Sun Apr 29 2007 - 16:43:25 EST


On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:18:10PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>...
> But emailed reports _are_ saved anyway and we _know_ how to get a copy.
> From lkml.org, for example. Why don't we use that? The only missing piece
> is the 'keep a list' thing, but that's not a rocket science, IMHO.
>
> [For example, you can create a bugzilla entry with a link to the lkml.org copy
> of the relevant message, so why to require the reporter to file the report with
> the bugzilla himself?]
>
> _Moreover_, some LKML archives, for example at http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel,
> keep track of each thread separately, so you can browse any of them at any
> time. In particular, you can see the _history_ of each bug report sent to LKML
> if you have a link to any message in its thread.
>
> Really, if we ask reporters to put '[BUG]' in the subjects of their messages,
> you'll even be able to use the lkml.org archives plus wget and a couple of
> shell scripts to cherry pick the links to all bug reports sent to the list
> within a given time interval.
>
> All of this functionality is out there already.
>...

How can I get the functionality "show me all unfixed SATA bugs"?

That's one of the important functionalities of every bug tracking
system.

> Greetings,
> Rafael

cu
Adrian

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