[linux-audio-user] sound card linux documentation wiki+forum site

[Chris Cannam]

On Wednesday 01 Dec 2004 08:26, Robert Jonsson wrote:
> Actually, many projects disable anonymous bugreports because it is
> impossible to follow up on the problems.
>
> I manage the bugtracker in MusE, we still allow anonymous reports,
> but many such reports are actually no help. Missing information in
> the bugreports making it impossible to fix, no possible way of
> knowing if a fix actually helped the reporter etc.

Right, agreed.  For Rosegarden we also allow anonymous reports, as on 
balance we think they're probably better than no reports at all, but 
it's amazing how much more confidently you can handle a report that has 
a real contact address behind it.  And actually, we don't get very many 
anonymous reports.  Probably most people prefer to complain about bugs 
endlessly to their friends, rather than bother to report them.

I think the JACK, Ardour and ALSA track all disallow anonymous reports, 
for the same reasons to do with difficulty in managing them.  (Although 
I seem to remember you have to be registered just to _read_ the JACK 
and ALSA trackers -- which I think is going way too far.)


Chris