From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Basic questions about the triage process Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:50:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <87lh8eoz7g.fsf@gnus.org> <87a8otchlq.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451411467 1478 80.91.229.3 (29 Dec 2015 17:51:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:51:07 +0000 (UTC) To: Nikolaus Rath , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 29 18:50:54 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aDyQ7-0006qS-12 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:50:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49577 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDyQ6-0008JI-AS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:50:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDyPt-0008J2-DH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:50:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDyPq-0007RZ-6p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:50:37 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:22573) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDyPp-0007RN-WC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:50:34 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id tBTHoXuk020696 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:50:33 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tBTHoWg1018126 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:50:32 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0015.oracle.com (abhmp0015.oracle.com [141.146.116.21]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tBTHoWR7029365; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:50:32 GMT In-Reply-To: <87a8otchlq.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:197115 Archived-At: > > To me, it feels a bit > > awkward to suddenly ask people to confirm anything after years have > > passed - just closing seems like a more reasonable approach to me. >=20 > As a reporter, I can assure you that I feel exactly the other way > around. It takes time to write good bugreports, and if they languish for > several years only to eventually get closed because they "seem to have > been fixed" makes me angry. > > I consider a polite "I tried to reproduce it > but failed, could you confirm that this is fixed for you as well?" to be > much more respectful of my time and contribution. 100% agreement. Users who write bug reports are helping. Even more important: they are actively _trying_ to help.