On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:07:41 +0200 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chith...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Denis Dupeyron schrieb: > >> When someone asks about changing a package which someone else > >> maintains, I always suggest reporting a bug about it. Do you think > >> that is generally ok, or not the proper way to communicate? > > > > Exactly. Bugzilla is not a communication tool, > > > Communication is (in order of > > effectivity) in-person meeting, phone, irc, email. > > But all comments in bugs are sent to the maintainer via email, at > least in default settings. So in my opinion, the communication aspect > of email is also included in bugzilla. > > > If you're not using > > any of these tools you're not communicating effectively and you > > can't expect things to go smoothly. > > I think that over direct email, bugzilla has the advantage of being > visible in the public record. And in contrast to mailing lists, only > interested parties will receive the messages. > > But if you think that is not the case, we can ask council to clarify > whether a change announced in bugzilla counts as proper communication > with the maintainer. It's probably something in between: proper communication is when the other party has received and understood your message. It can fail in every of the above mentioned methods for a wide variety of reasons ;) (eg: poorly explained, not listening, not willing to listen, being drunk, gmail ate my email, etc.) Alexis.
