Re: [Xen-devel] [Xen-users] xen forum

[George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Gordan Bobic <gordan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/22/2013 07:18 AM, Bartek Krawczyk wrote:
>>
>> On 21 May 2013 17:04, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 15:57 +0100, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   On Tue, 21 May 2013 10:29:17 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
>>>>   <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 09:09:00AM -0600, jacek burghardt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe both mailing lists are great but there are so may postings
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> many issues get missed. There are some bugs that hand never been
>>>>>> resolved
>>>>>> because developers are unaware of it. I just setup forum for xen
>>>>>> users at
>>>>>> sam.hebe.us/forums please be free to join
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be easier for us if the bug reports and such were posted on
>>>>> xen-devel.
>>>>> Please consult http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
>>>>> when
>>>>> doing it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Surely a bug-tracking system that emails all reports to xen-devel
>>>>   automatically would cover the best of both worlds, would it not?
>>>
>>>
>>> Not unless developers can reply to the bug by hitting reply in their
>>> MUA.
>>
>>
>> Please drop the forum idea. Xen should use a proper bug tracking
>> system like Bugzilla (which allows replying to bugs by clicking
>> "Reply" in MUA).
>> Take a look at: http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/4.0/en/html/api/email_in.html
>
>
> +1
>
> Along with a wiki for documentation that is actually kept updated when
> features are added/removed/changed and more importantly, that clearly states
> if/when obvious features are unexpectedly and conspicuously missing (e.g.
> domU config file method of passing multiple USB devices to domU).

So the thing here is that I don't think any of the active developers
knew there was that limitation.  As soon as I discovered it, I just
fixed it (which is why 4.3 will have support for passing multiple USB
devices in the config file).

If you find other obvious missing features like that, please mention
them on the list, and/or suggest them in the xen.org uservoice page:
 http://xenorg.uservoice.com

 -George

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