Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
On Miércoles 03 Junio 2009 05:09:49 Ralf Corsepius escribió:
> Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> Steve Grubb wrote:
>>> I don't want to start a long thread, but just to ask a couple questions
>>> for my own clarification. Does a maintainer's responsibilities end with
>>> packaging bugs? IOW, if there is a problem in the package that is
>>> _broken code_ do they need to do something about it or is it acceptable
>>> for them to close the bug and say talk to upstream?
>> It's the reporter's job to report the bug upstream when asked to do so.
> I disagree. Reporters are "users" - "customers" if you like to.
>
> You can't expect them to do anything, nor demand them to do anything,
> nor force them to do anything.
We are not forcing anyone to do anything but we think direct communication
between user and developer is much more better
I consider maintainers redirecting arbitrary reporters to upstreams to
be rude and hostile, because they are presuming the reporter to be
* interested in tracking down bugs
* interested in getting involved into upstreams
* technically able to do so.
This occasionally applies to developers - To normal users it usally
doesn't apply, they want "to have their issue fixed".
Ralf