Re: [gNewSense-users] using 'gobuntu' tag on bugs.

[Chris Andrew]

Kurt,

Good points, I agree.  Just not sure why Launchpad isn't free, but
this has been argued many times before, and that's Mark S's
prerogative :-).

Cheers,

Chris.

On 13/03/2008, Kurt von Finck <address@hidden> wrote:
> Chris Andrew wrote:
>  > Karl,
>  >
>  > Nothing whatsoever against Gobuntu, but why not just file the bugs
>  > with the related package maintainer?
>
>
> I think the idea is to categorize things that Gobuntu would classify as
>  bugs because of licensing, but that Ubuntu would include to provide
>  functionality to the widest subset of users. Drive controllers
>  immediately spring to mind, as the Restricted Drivers Manager in Ubuntu
>  is of no use if you can't boot.
>
>
>  > I found some guidelines here for reporting kernel bugs:
>  >
>  > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html
>
>
> I think the modules and packages in question here are not part of the
>  mainline Linux kernel. Until we assure they are, IMO we should treat
>  them as Gobuntu bugs first, Ubuntu second, and upstreams as the final
>  port of call.
>
>
>  > Isn't Launchpad non-free?
>
>
> So is GMail. ;)
>
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