On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 06:29 -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
That's a bit harsh on bugzilla. It is of use to people whose job it is
to track outstanding bugs.
However, Matthew is completely correct, it's useless for getting bugs
fixed *if* the information isn't on the mailing list. The reason for
using mailing list is the more eyes principle: if you email linux-scsi,
all the SCSI experts will see it, not just the one email listed as owner
in bugzilla. Likewise, as the bug goes through analysis, if it turns
out to be in a different area, that areas mailing list can be added to
the Cc list.
So, to get the best of both worlds, file a bugzilla and note the bugid.
Then email a complete report to the relevant list, but add [BUG <bugid>]
to the subject line and cc bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org If you do
this, bugzilla will keep track of the entire discussion as it progresses
and allow those who track bugs through bugzilla to get a pretty accurate
idea of the status. You should never need to touch bugzilla again once
the initial bug report is filed: all future information flow is via the
mailing lists.
James
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