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[Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:19:02AM -0400, Sergey A. Lipnevich wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 20:49 -0700, Andrew wrote:
> > > Should I file a bug? Thanks, Sergey.
> > 
> > What would make you think otherwise?
> 
> Answer: realization that it may be easier to fix it than to file a bug
> about it.

Heres a realization, I have other things to do than to remember every
problem people report on the mailing list from begining to end. My memory
is better spent on other things.

Nor do I have time or energy to drop *everything* and fix the problem
*right now* just because it *may* be "easier". Thats what bugzilla is
for, it remembers so I dont have to. Bugzilla is very good at tracking
defects throughout their life-cycle, a mailing list is not.
I like to have every single bug associated with a release recorded in
bugzilla.

The mailing list is not a bug reporting tool. Don't report bugs on it
unless you want them to be forgotten within a day or two. In two days
I will *not* remember this email thread. We use bugzilla for a reason,
just like we use version control for a reason.

I dont understand why its so difficult to spend 20 seconds filing a bug.
Everyone else reports their problems to bugzilla, I am not going to make
this an exception, if I did I'd have to make everyone else an
exception. So, please file bugs when you have problems.

I dont play the bad guy on reporting bugs to bugzilla (!) just to be
annoying. I know you think that the problem is so trivial I should just
look at it and fix it on the spot. I dont believe in having problems
go untracked. I think we should use the appropriate tools rather than
seeking to subvert or skip them. If it isnt in bugzilla, as far as I
am concerned, it isn't a bug. If people can't handler that notion, then
find someone else to do this job.

So in conclusion, "mailing list != bugzilla" and "report bugs to
bugzilla, not the mailing list". Why? Because Andrew is forgetful
and busy.

-Andrew

PS Im on the mailing list, you dont have to send a duplicate reply to me.

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