RE: [ACPI] standby resumes immediately in 2.6.0-test8

[Patrick M. <mo...@os...>]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Grover, Andrew wrote:

> > From: acp...@li... 
> > [mailto:acp...@li...] On Behalf Of 
> > Patrick Mochel
> > > I don't know whether  patch at 
> > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433 address this issue.
> > 
> > Wow, could you please post patches to the list? You get very little
> > exposure for fixes posted solely through bugzilla, which 
> > means your effort
> > goes wasted.
> 
> It's pretty strange that OSDL goes to the trouble of setting up a bugzilla, and you want people to do things the old way.

You of all people should know that the efforts of some parts of the
company do not reflect the opinions of some of the individuals of that
company.

FWIW, OSDL did not set up the bugzilla database; it simply donated
hardware and are hosting it. AFAIK, it is maintained by a group of
developers at IBM.

Posting patches solely to a bug-tracking database eliminates the 
possibility of review or feedback through the traditional means - email. 
It severely limits visibility to the people that actively track the 
database and/or subscribe to yet another splinter list. 

Many people are not willing to do that because it adds unnecessary steps 
to the review process or simply because they do not have time.

> I think the general consensus is that email is not a good bug tracking system. However, you can subscribe to acpi-bugzilla if you really want visibility into acpi bug updates through email.

Ugh. *Another* list? All I want to do is see the patches. What's so hard 
about posting them to acpi-devel or linux-kernel? 


	Pat