On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 15:56 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Adam Williamson awilliam@redhat.com wrote:
I don't think there's ever an absolute answer to this question. Sometimes it makes more sense for the original reporter to report upstream - in which case the maintainer should politely ask them to; sometimes it makes more sense for the maintainer to report upstream. It very much depends on the circumstances of the bug.
For me it comes down to one test. If I can reproduce it, I can be the one to carry the torch to upstream and I can invite the original reporter to come along for the ride.
If I can't reproduce it, I have to get upstream and someone who can reproduce the problem talking somehow or the report is just going to bitrot. That means one of several things:
Right. That's pretty much exactly the rule of thumb I use too.