Upstream bugs vs. Fedora bugs: KDE people do it wrong

[Adam Williamson]

On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 15:56 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
> > I don't think there's ever an absolute answer to this question.
> > Sometimes it makes more sense for the original reporter to report
> > upstream - in which case the maintainer should politely ask them to;
> > sometimes it makes more sense for the maintainer to report upstream. It
> > very much depends on the circumstances of the bug.
> 
> For me it comes down to one test. If I can reproduce it, I can be the
> one to carry the torch to upstream and I can invite the original
> reporter to come along for the ride.
> 
> If I can't reproduce it, I have to get upstream and someone who can
> reproduce the problem talking somehow or  the report is just going to
> bitrot. That means one of several things:

Right. That's pretty much exactly the rule of thumb I use too.
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