On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:32 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > 1. Would this issue that Ryan was having with SpamAssassin be a legit bug > report situation? Ryan obviously figured out the problem without the need > to file a bug report and therefore was able to install the software. > Yes, since it is an opportunity to improve the software. > > 2. Now, if this is a legit bug report situation and Ryan had needed or > wanted to file a bug report what would be the 'correct' avenue to do so > would he start with the SpamAssassin development team or Ubuntu or Debian > upstream maintainers? > Most likely Spam Assassin -- given that he was compiling, it is unlikely he was compiling from Ubuntu-provided source code. Most of the time you compile, you are doing so to get a newer version than what is provided by your distro (or want to change the defaults). Even if it was provided by Ubuntu/Debian, unless the error is due to a change made by Ubuntu/Debian, why would you report the issue to them? > > This to me is a good question to learn on because it would help me in the > future if I needed to file a bug report. Pointing to where best and most > appropriate to 'ask the question/duplicate the situation' to the proper > area. As far as bug reports are concerned. > > Thanks for taking your time to respond. > > Happy New Year [image: Emoji] > > > You report the bug to whomever created the bug, typically. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 12:42:13 -0600 > From: chapinjeff at gmail.com > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] SpamAssassin compiling error - any ideas? > > I'll correct myself here -- in my last email, I made the assumption that > we were talking about bug reports that are properly filed with the correct > project. I feel like that needed to be clarified based on Andrew's reply. > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:33 AM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > That is kinda really actually interesting. So how long if you file a > proper bug report would it perhaps take to get into the hands of the > programmer > > > With most open source projects, the bug reports go straight to the > interested devs. > > > > and then sent down the pike as patched as in a new package? > > > Depends on how much the programmers care, and how many people it impacts, > and how long it takes to code a fix. In some cases minutes, in some, the > bugs linger around for years because no one cares enough to devote the time > to fix it. > > > > I was reading that with Arch it can happen within a week. That's one thing > about Debian as I have started to perhaps understand a little more is time > it may take to get bugs fixed. > > > This is mostly due to the number of architectures Debian supports. The > fixes don't always take a long time, compiling and testing the fixes on > multiple architectures sometimes does. > > > I do understand that Spam Assassin is a program not a part of Debian or > Ubuntu in any way. > > [image: Emoji] - Happy New Year > > ------------------------------ > From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 11:28:38 -0600 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] SpamAssassin compiling error - any ideas? > > Unlikely. > > On Jan 2, 2015, at 11:19 AM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Does this mean that possibly no one has actually ever compiled Spam > Assassin on Ubuntu 14.04.1 before? > > [image: Emoji] - Happy New Year > > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > -- > Jeff Chapin > President, CedarLug, retired > President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" > President, UNI Scuba Club > Senator, NISG, retired > > > > > -- > Jeff Chapin > President, CedarLug, retired > President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" > President, UNI Scuba Club > Senator, NISG, retired > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150102/6353ea55/attachment.html>