Comments on: Why I’ve stopped reporting bugs to Ubuntu

By: The economics of contributing to open-source projects

The economics of contributing to open-source projects — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:51:47 +0000

Elinor Ostrom’s work on the emergence of self-governance to open-source projects can explain my decision to stop reporting bugs to Ubuntu.

By: Another Ubuntu release, another core regression

Another Ubuntu release, another core regression — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:15:20 +0000

That’s right, those are in response to the same Sebastien Bacher I took to task for unhelpful comments on other bugs last year.

By: Rebuild mail-notification to support SSL under Ubuntu/Debian

Rebuild mail-notification to support SSL under Ubuntu/Debian — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:21:30 +0000

Ubuntu hasn’t resolved the issue, so they’re shipping the same broken package too. People arguing about why they can’t fix bugs bores me. So here is a script to download the source packages, and rebuild them with SSL enabled.

By: Empowering the Linux Community » Yet Another Linux Blog

Empowering the Linux Community » Yet Another Linux Blog — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:59:14 +0000

But if you tell a user that their bug won’t be fixed through 4 releases, you may have a problem.

By: The Linux Index » Bryce Harrington: Bug reporting in Ubuntu

The Linux Index » Bryce Harrington: Bug reporting in Ubuntu — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:54:59 +0000

[...] read glyphobet’s blog, itemizing frustrations he’s had reporting bugs to Ubuntu. While I’ve not had [...]

By: Fabián Rodríguez » The bug reporting culture: 10 things to avoid - 10 things you must do.

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:16:54 +0000

[...] user, occasional bug reporter and support analyst, I often deal with bug reporting and I feel your pain about bug reporting, Matt. This happens in many other free software projects, but I think Ubuntu’s popularity [...]