From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 1 1:11:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from alice.gba.oz.au (gba-254.tmx.com.au [203.9.155.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4F22B15646 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:11:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjb@acm.org) Received: (qmail 7726 invoked by uid 1001); 1 Jun 1999 03:21:24 -0000 Message-ID: <19990601032124.7725.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.03 20-Sep-1998 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 13:21:24 +1000 From: Greg Black To: Bill Paul Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xl driver for 3Com References: <199905290448.AAA28640@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-reply-to: <199905290448.AAA28640@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> of Sat, 29 May 1999 00:48:49 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill Paul writes: > If you have a real, detailed and accurate bug report to submit, then fine: > let's hear it. But if you just want to make vague and unsubstantiated > complaints, do me a favor and just keep it to yourself. This whole argument strikes me as a good wake up call for all of us. It really is important to make sure that problems with software are reported and that those reports are framed in a useful manner, because that is the only way that software gets improved. I'm sometimes guilty of not bothering to report bugs that I can easily work around, even though I hate it when people who use my software do the same. I'm re-motivated now to make the effort to contribute meaningful reports whenever I find bugs. As an aside, my experience with the xl driver (ever since I added it in to 2.2.7) has been completely positive, so I can't help with fixing any possible problems there. As for Dennis, he's just not worth responding to. He has a bad reputation as a total waste of space with an attitude problem as big as Texas. Just ignore him. -- Greg Black -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message