Vote for the bug (was Re: Local users get to play root?)

Jesse Keating jkeating at j2solutions.net
Fri Nov 20 02:40:49 UTC 2009



On Nov 19, 2009, at 17:34, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at pobox.com> wrote:

> On 11/19/2009 08:25 PM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Jeff Garzik<jgarzik at pobox.com>   
>> wrote:
>>> Are you not familiar with the concept of bugzilla votes?  Try  
>>> clicking on
>>> the '(vote)' link sometime.
>>
>> I'm not aware of a workflow or policy which takes into account
>> bugzilla votes in Fedora.  Individual maintainers may or may not
>> consider votes when prioritizing how they use bugzilla, but there's
>> certainly nothing that I am aware that suggests that highly voted on
>> bugs are subject to high level review or discussion as a part of
>> project management.  I fear that you are encouraging people to vote
>> with the expectation that the vote will matter in some way when it  
>> may
>> not.
>
> Valid points.
>
> However, I reject the implied notion that ALL feedback from Fedora  
> users must be stifled -- which is the only conclusion one may draw  
> from Fedora leaders asking people to (a) not comment on the list,  
> and (b) not comment on the bug.
>
> I'm curious what Fedora leaders think is the proper forum for  
> __Fedora users__ to register complaints against this policy.  Voting  
> seems to be the most efficient, and least spam-y method of doing so,  
> but I am open to suggestions!
>
>

We've gotten enough feedback. We don't need 300 more people giving the  
same arguments over and over or empty +1s or votes. Please relax and  
let the developer handle it, followed by fesco.

--
Jes




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