Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:08:57 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Interesting words from gcc.info Message-ID: <20010129180857.F31725@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20010125164950.A1322@redhat.com> <3A7590CA.5A719AB4@digitalfocus.com> <20010129150110.A27858@washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <20010129150110.A27858@washington.edu>; from bradleyb@u.washington.edu on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 03:01:10PM -0800 On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 03:01:10PM -0800, Bradley Bell wrote: >On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 10:48:26AM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: >> Christopher Faylor wrote: >> > The words below were written by Richard Stallman, I believe: >> > >> > Reporting Bugs >> > ************** >> > >> > Your bug reports play an essential role in making GCC reliable. >> > >> > When you encounter a problem, the first thing to do is to see if it >> > is already known. *Note Trouble::. If it isn't known, then you should >> > report the problem. >> > >> > Reporting a bug may help you by bringing a solution to your problem, >> > or it may not. (If it does not, look in the service directory; see >> > *Note Service::.) In any case, the principal function of a bug report >> > is to help the entire community by making the next version of GCC work >> > better. Bug reports are your contribution to the maintenance of GCC. >> > >> > Since the maintainers are very overloaded, we cannot respond to every >> > bug report. However, if the bug has not been fixed, we are likely to >> > send you a patch and ask you to tell us whether it works. >> > >> > Interesting philosophy. >> >> Any part in particular? (I'm wondering what you're commenting on.) > >That's what I was thinking. Just wait 'till he reads the GNU Manifesto ;-) I was commenting on the general philosophy of bug reporting. Few, if any, of the principles outlined above are in evidence in this mailing list. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple