Ever wondered why many developers react to your bug reports with some distrust?
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Ever wondered why many developers react to your bug reports with some distrust? There is a simple answer:
Everybody sometimes gets some minor or major thing wrong.
Here is a recent example that illustrates this beautifully: someone claimed to have tested something using a #Linux #kernel version that does not even exist yet. This is confusing now already but will be even more so in a few days when that version is released.
And I do not blame the person: we are all humans that make mistakes sometimes and therefore might confuse versions like 7.0-1 (a typical downstream/distro identifier for a #LinuxKernel based on version 7.0) and 7.0.1 (the first upstream release of the linux 7.0.y stable series, which is not even in testing yet, but will be out in a few days) occasionally.
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Ever wondered why many developers react to your bug reports with some distrust? There is a simple answer:
Everybody sometimes gets some minor or major thing wrong.
Here is a recent example that illustrates this beautifully: someone claimed to have tested something using a #Linux #kernel version that does not even exist yet. This is confusing now already but will be even more so in a few days when that version is released.
And I do not blame the person: we are all humans that make mistakes sometimes and therefore might confuse versions like 7.0-1 (a typical downstream/distro identifier for a #LinuxKernel based on version 7.0) and 7.0.1 (the first upstream release of the linux 7.0.y stable series, which is not even in testing yet, but will be out in a few days) occasionally.
@kernellogger that explains why some bug reports are flawed or mistaken. The reason some devs are distrustful or dismissive is usually ego and insecurity. Devs KNOW they're right, especially about decisions made, and therefore anyone correcting them or disagreeing is WRONG.
The open-source code base is waist-deep with 'closed, won't do' bug reports and feature requests, and they're usually because a Dev has preemptively decided their way is better.
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