Re: a call to action [Fwd: LWN headline: Blame Fedora = High Praise]

["Bryan J. Smith" <b j smith ieee org>]

On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 01:43 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> I did suggest something very similar at 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2007-March/msg00139.html
> Apparently there isn't much traction to this idea.

I read through the thread and I didn't get that idea at all.
In fact, the idea I got was more confusion than anything.
I.e., people are reading the problem in different ways.

What I advocate, and I believe several others here are advocating, is
that we offer a _minimal_ amount of information.

E.g., 

1)  You cross-reference the PCI/USB/etc... Vendor ID to a name, possibly
also spit out the product name.  That informs the user.

2)  If the Device ID is a known, binary-only issue that Fedora cannot
redistribute, inform the user that these drivers do not come with
Fedora, and a Bugzilla entry should _not_ be filed for support.

In fact, #2 would _also_ have the added bonus of addressing the endless
number of bug reports being filed -- something one person explicitly
complained about in that thread.


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