From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 4 00:28:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA08209 for current-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:28:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de [141.76.1.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA08203 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:28:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de by irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with ESMTP id KAA08291; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:21:20 +0200 Received: by sax.sax.de (8.6.11/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id KAA09169; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:21:19 +0200 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.7.4/8.6.9) id JAA19226; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:07:36 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch Message-Id: <199604040707.JAA19226@uriah.heep.sax.de> Subject: Re: Closing off PRs? To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:07:36 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: from "Marc G. Fournier" at Apr 3, 96 06:58:58 pm X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > 1) Fix the problem, or get confirmation that it doesn't happen anymore :) > > So, what...send email out to each person that put in a problem > report and say "hey, have you ever seen this problem since"? :) That's often the only thing you can do. If the submitter cared to tell about ``How to reproduce'', one can try it. If he didn't supply this, there's not so much that could be done after that long time. > So if its a matter of sending this guy email confirming he hasn't > had the problem since, and then just closing it, let me know and I'll go > through the whole problem database this way, or at least those that look > pertinent :) Highly appreciated! > > 3) note the CVS file name and revision number where the fix has been > > applied (as an xref, normally the CVS log should tell the PR that is > > closed by the change) > > > And in the case where the problem was fixed, but nobody specifically > fixed it? [...] Just sort > of note that "submitter confirms hasn't seen bug since submitting"... Yup. > And, if I should just butt my nose out of this...let me know that > too *grin* I won't take offence...promise :) Hehe, no, really, we *appreciate* your service! :) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)