Hi All, Just wanted to let you know of a cool instance where microblogging helped to improve Xubuntu. While perusing my Identi.ca feed yesterday, I saw this dent [0] from Jérôme Guelfucci, and made a comment about it in #xubuntu-devel on IRC. Cody Somerville encourged me to file a bug, requesting that the software be updated to the new version as it fixes a number of bugs. I filed the bug on Launchpad [1], and Cody packaged the new version. Because this new version fixes a number of bugs, we will be able to include it in Xubuntu 9.04.
If I hadn't been subscribed the the !xfce group on Identi.ca, I wouldn't have seen the dent, and I probably wouldn't have known about the new version. Xubuntu 9.04 will be a little better because Jérôme let us know about his software update, me seeing the update, and how we were able to respond. :) I'm now subscribed to Jérôme's dents, so I'll get his updates on a regular basis, and will file similar update-request bugs when I see similar dents in the future. :) I do not expect all upstream developers to provide updates in this way, but it does seem to be helpful. And as this is a relatively new tool in communicating such updates, I thought I would share one instance of how it brought some benefit to our project. :) Best, Jim [0] http://identi.ca/notice/3151669 [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gigolo/+bug/353405
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