From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2007-03-03T07:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyInline

On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 07:06:22 +0900, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
> Filing a bug != subscribe to mailing list.
> 
> My whole point was that mailing lists are fleeting and not even
> remotely guaranteed to be tracked over time. That is why we have bug
> dbs in the first place.

Non-rhetorical question: personally, do you prefer users to file bug reports, or do you prefer them to ask questions when they are in doubt whether an error they are seeing is the consequence of a bug or their own mistake?

-mental