On Tuesday 17 April 2007 02:19, John Andersen wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007, Rajko M. wrote:
How many fixed the problem and never published the fix?
Not many I bet, at least not for significant bugs. Perhaps trivial one liners.
Trivial one liner can be difference between working and not working code, so simplicity to solve problem doesn't mean that it should not be reported.
They use free OS, but don't give back anything, keeping their knowledge for another opportunity to cash on it.
Or, alternatively, have no intent to cash in on it at all, just want to get their job done.
Agree. That is the same case as those that fixed, but "have no time, will, interest, knowledge or even permission to dicuss further".
You need only to read about the demanding standards necessary for submitting patches (especially to the kernel tree) to know that you can't simply hand in a patch and expect it to see the light of day unless you are well versed in the mechanics and politics of that portion of the community.
I read the article about kernel patches, but I bet that a lot of bugs would be fixed if procedure wouldn't be so strict. The reasons for strick procedure are given in the same article, but on the other side who is going to take time to read article and create proper patch, for something like one liner?
I suspect these imagined fixers-but-never-submitters were submitters at some point in the past who never got so much as a thanky thanky back, and decided it was not worth it.
Some yes, for sure, but not all. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org