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Re: Reporting bugs: there is nothing to gain in frustrating reporters
- From: Scott Robert Ladd <scott dot ladd at coyotegulch dot com>
- To: Giovanni Bajo <rasky at develer dot com>
- Cc: Roberto Bagnara <bagnara at cs dot unipr dot it>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:28:14 -0400
- Subject: Re: Reporting bugs: there is nothing to gain in frustrating reporters
- References: <42B03D35.5020907@cs.unipr.it> <031801c571bb$5cb13eb0$bf03030a@trilan>
Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> Agreed. But keep in mind that it is not necessary to reply: once the bug is
> open and confirmed, the last comment "wins", in a way. If the bugmaster
> wanted to close it, he would just do it, so an objection in a comment does
> not make the bug invalid per se.
But an objection from one of the bugmasters *is* enough to keep people
from presenting a patch. While the may not explicitly close the bug,
their negative reaction tends to suggest that they would not look
favorably on a patch.
..Scott