On Jul 8, 2013, at 08:20:05, Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> wrote:
> >> Hi, >> >> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 10:32:31PM +0200, Max Muster wrote: >>> So maybe it would be a simple idea to think of a switch in "bug >>> handling". Why not simply use this list as "#1 input" for bug reports. >> This list isn't always working better or quicker... it really comes down >> to whoever has time to go through open issues. (We *do* have plans to >> improve the ticket handling...) >> >> So - as I said before, things have improved as far as community involvement >> and feedback goes, but still have quite a way to go. Working on it. >> >> gert > > I think it would probably make sense to configure Trac to send > notifications of new tickets to this list. Although it would not > increase the time at our hands, it would at the very least keep us > updated on new issues. I'm also hoping that it would encourage others > outside the current core developer team to review the new bug reports. > I've reviewed quite a few bug reports in the past, and many of them seem > to be simple configuration errors or based on misunderstandings. These > non-valid bug reports could be fairly easily be filtered out by people > who would not normally participate in writing OpenVPN code. > > Looking at the past record of new bug reports[1] we could expect maybe > 0-3 new tickets each week. Would this amount of extra mails be acceptable? I think it's more than acceptable. Anyone interested in working on bug reports is welcome to do so. Either Samuli or myself can grant them the needed permissions in Trac. ----- Eric F Crist
