[Gllug] Ubuntu and me - suggestions requested (polite ones please)
Jose Luis Martinez
jjllmmss at googlemail.com
Thu Nov 20 02:16:46 UTC 2008
2008/11/19 David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
> On Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008, Matthew King wrote:
>>This is one of biggest issues with other distributions (and most
>>software packages) which Debian gets so right - submitting a bug report
>>(and commenting on an existing one) is so EASY. It can be done from the
>>command line if you've got as far as setting up a mail server. Even
>>telnet is sufficient if you're masochistic and know SMTP.
>
> Debian have the advantage that the Bug Tracking System predates
> massive use of the Web, so they weren't tempted to give it some
> bleeding ulcer of a Web interface and nothing else.
There is no advantage in only a small minority reporting bugs.
A web interface is needed so less technically inclined people are
enabled to report bugs as well.
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