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Re: [CVS] RPM: rpm/ CHANGES configure.ac rpm/rpmdb/ Makefile.am

From: Jeff Johnson <n3npq@mac.com>
Date: Fri 29 Jun 2007 - 22:03:29 CEST
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On Jun 29, 2007, at 12:44 PM, Tim Mooney wrote:

>
> Why don't you include an "rpm-bug-report" script, a la bashbug, that
> automates much of that, including relevant information about how rpm
> was configured, the environment, etc, and then update the docs and  
> begin
> to encourage users to use that for bug reporting?
>

The problem with diagnosing rpm problems is capturing sufficient data.

Most bug reports go something like
     blah blah 800 pkgs blah blah upgrade blah blah doesn't work.

But that's not a reason not to add a means to report bugs.

73 de Jeff
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