On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:42:57 +0100 Miloslav Trmač mitr@volny.cz wrote:
I personally can say that the week-long delay significantly diminishes my enjoyment of backporting patches into existing Fedora releases.
Being able to spend 30 minutes fixing a bug for an user and getting an immediate feeling of accomplishment is much better than spending 30 minutes fixing a bug and then ... nothing; I could just as well spend only 15 minutes fixing the bug upstream and not bother to create a patch for an update.
Well, it's not quite immediate, but why not ask the user affected who reported the bug to add +1 karma to the update when they confirm it fixes it? Then your update should just go to stable if you set it to +1. (or only need a provenpackager to confirm if it's critpath).
Sure, the users will get the bug fixes eventually, when a next Fedora release is made. Sure, I should be able to overcome my feelings and just do what is right for the users. Yet, when I'm deciding how to spend my free time, it doesn't quite work that way; not always.
Yeah, understandable.
Personally I feel good when I can get the user who reported the bug a fix, even if it takes a bit longer for everyone else to get that fix. I often ask reporters to test scratch builds with the fix, then when I submit a proper update ask them to add karma and retest. Almost everyone I have asked to do this has been happy to be involved.
kevin