bugzilla.redhat.com vs upstream bug trackers

"Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" johannbg at gmail.com
Mon Jun 17 12:49:28 UTC 2013


On 06/17/2013 12:40 PM, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Florian Weimer wrote:
>
>> I would like to avoid creating accounts in gazillion upstream bug
>> trackers, so bugzilla.redhat.com as a single point of contact is very
>> helpful to me.  Is the web page I mentioned outdated, or are package
>> maintainers expected to handle upstream bug tracker interactions?
> It is (imo) generally the package maintainer's discretion.  Obviously, if
> it's something they are interested in or is important, it likely is in their
> best interest to help move feature requests upstream.  If not, well, then
> that burden is probably best left to you (or some other interested party)

It's package maintainers responsibility to act as the liason between 
upstream and Fedora thus reporters only need to report in our Bugzilla 
instance.

JBG


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