Mantis package bombs

[Rahul Sundaram]

Charles Curley wrote:

> Yes, as a matter of fact, I do expect them to subscribe to this
> list. Not because they are maintainers per se, but because presumably
> they are users as well. It would be a bit difficult to maintain a
> package without using Fedora. 

So let me tell you. You have the wrong expectations. Many maintainers as 
well as end users are not going to subscribe to this list for various 
reasons. Lack of time. Preference to other ways of getting help like 
forums etc.

> As for following every single thread, that's a straw man argument. It
> isn't hard to write a filter to make emails with certain key words
> (e.g. "mantis") jump out at you.

That assumes everyone chooses a good subject and sticks to the topic. 
Not happening in this list.

> Has anyone got the Mantis RPM working? Or have folks done what I did:
> give up on it and use the upstream tarball?

If noone reports back any feedback, you can't expect anything to change.

> And another thought, Rahul: maintainers can ignore bugzilla entries
> same as they can emails. I've had one bug (189120) oustanding since
> 2006-04-17, and no-one has yet taken ownership, never mind actually
> done anything about it.

This isn't a commercial product and there isn't any guarantee of 
response however the feedback on bugzilla does reach the maintainers 
directly and is way more easier to keep track of. File a bug report 
instead of expecting everyone to deal with bug reports in a end user's 
mailing list.

Rahul