Re: Bits from DPL / Feedback on attracting newcomers
On 2024-12-11 15:27, Boyuan Yang wrote:
I would like to add that while self-sustained SMTP facilities is
useful, the reportbug tool has a strong assumption: it assumes that the
bug reporter must be using Debian (or one of the Debian derivative,
though we know it won't work well) when reporting the bug. This is an
overly strong requirement that we as a project should avoid.
That is not a requirement for bug reporting - it works by plain email.
That's a requirement for reportbug to send it off directly - and the
information it collects is valuable. reportbug even offers to prepare a
report and you can put it someplace else.
I don't think we need to collect arbitrary requests from non-Debian
users. We are not the feature request place of last resort, the bug
reports should pertain primarily to the Debian integration. (Some stuff
to be forwarded upstream is fine.)
Kind regards
Philipp Kern
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