> > The reproducer came to you via Peter Osterlund who has never authored a
> > single drivers/scsi/ commit before (according to git-log) and who (and
> > here i'm out on a limb guessing it) does not even follow
> >
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org.
> >
> > this bug was obscure and hidden on
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org for
> > _months_, (it is a rarely visited and rarely read mailing list) and
> > there was just not enough "critical mass" to get this issue fixed.
>
> If I were you, I'd actually make a cursory effort to get my facts
> straight before spouting off.
>
> This bug was actually hidden in bugzilla for ages, where Matthew Wilcox
> was trying to deal with it on his own. The first I heard of it (apart
> from a linux-scsi question on 13 November, when regrettably, I was busy
> with other things) was on 18 Dec when Natalie added me to the bugzilla
> cc list. The first thing I did on that date was finger pktcdvd and add
> Jens to the cc list ... however, since there was no mailing list thread
> to follow he ended up asking for context which no-one provided.
>
> The whole problem with this bug was generated precisely because it was
> kept in bugzilla where too few people actually looked at it. You're the
> one who annotated the bugzilla entries with trite little homilies asking
> why there was no action *without* ever notifying any mailing list, I
> might add.
>
> The fault lies in our bug processing methodology. Bugzilla is a fine
> tracking tool, but it's a bloody useless workflow one for actually
> solving problems because, as you say, and I agree, the mailing lists are
> where we produce the solutions.
>...
