Bug 531464 - why the WONTFIX?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:02:30 +0100, Camilo wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > Upstream wants to talk to somebody who's actually experiencing the problem,
> > not to a forwarding monkey.

It depends on the project. Some projects do not want to receive reports
about problems with distribution's packages. They would ask the reporter
to build from scratch and try to reproduce with the latest release or
snapshot.

> Really? I would have thought upstream would be grateful for any
> reports, preferring that to silence.

Assuming it's a detailed/complete backtrace accompanied with steps
on how to reproduce something, well, I would think the same. Unfortunately,
users still dump ABRT backtraces into Fedora bugzilla without adding
a single comment and without replying to questions. Upstream would also
prefer bug reporters to be responsive.