Re: Anyone willing to maintain a cygwin bugs database

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 01:04:17AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 09:38:58PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
>>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> I have always resisted the idea of a cygwin bug database because the
>>>> cygwin user base is basically so clueless.  The theory is that if we
>>>> opened up a bug database it would be filled with people reporting that
>>>> setup.exe isn't resizeable or saying "I need help cygwin, gcc command
>>>> not found says".
>>>>
>>>> However, I can see some benefit in pointing to official bugzilla URLs
>>>> when someone reports a problem and possibly referring to closed bugzilla
>>>> ids in cygwin releases.
>>>>
>>>> So, I was wondering if anyone wanted to volunteer to police a cygwin
>>>> database?  Ideally, this would be done by one of the many lurkers in
>>>> this mailing list rather than people who are already active.  I'd hate
>>>> to dilute people's efforts on other fronts since I think this could
>>>> require some regular and concentrated effort.
>>>>
>>>> Any volunteers?
>>>
>>> I'll volunteer.
>>
>> I appreciate the offer but how do you qualify as a lurker or how do you
>> think you fit the "I'd hate to dilute people's efforts on other fronts..."
>> category?  You're active in setup development, at least.
>
>Well, I'm pretty much a lurker on cyg-dev, despite being active on cyg and
>cyg-apps.
>
>I guess I have difficulty believing that a BugZilla could generate such a
>massive quantity of work to dilute my setup involvement. I'm also hoping
>there will be another volunteer or two to share the load with.
>
>Why not start the BugZilla on a trial basis - if it fills up with too much
>junk to handle, close it. If the closure guilts even a few people into
>thinking before posting, we will still have acheived a net gain! :-)

How about, instead, if we just humor me and see if somebody new steps
forward?  Again, I thank you for your offer to contribute your time but
I'd like to see if we can pull some fresh blood into this endeavor.  That
was one of my reasons for suggesting this.