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houghi wrote:
I think I am completely misunderstanding what the issue is here. First it was about spelling errors that could be solved by users, then is was about changes that should be done in Yast and now it is about making better bugreports. Very confusing to me, sorry.
It's not really that difficult, houghi. What jdd is proposing/suggesting is that not only Novell solve the problems in the SUSE distribution, but that they open it (somehow) for others to participate with bugfixes (however minor or irrelevant). Perhaps I spot a problem in an apparmor profile - I can correct it, then submit a fix/patch. After all, this is usually the way OSS project work. Right now, opensuse seems to work mostly by the community submitting reports, and Novell fixing the problems.
I like the idea. I think part of the soluition is the build service
coming soon. I think MySQL AB with the various products is a good
example. They have internal source tree's and external. Whether they are
BK(Bit Keeper) or svn. I am able to download and keep all the tree's
locallly. I then get a pack and post it to the internals list or to the
appporiate group/list. I have signed a form giving MySQL AB joint
ownership of the code for them to do with as they like sometimes they
change the patches sometime they take them as is. I would like something
similar for All the SUSE Distribution. I think that is what will happend
with the build service. All the source will be available to the build
service and we can make/post fixes there. Then SUSE/Novell are free to
take those changes and do with them as they like. I would like a public
tree like public CVS access to freely down load all source and submit
patches. I know with the 10.1 new accounts are held up. I asked for one
back in January and I am still waiting. I would like to get on and fix a
few of the bugs that really bother me.
I like the opensuse-commits list. It is very interesting to follow. I
sometimes wish there were more details. It is a very good start.
Thanks,
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Boyd Gerber