From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2007-03-03T07:34:30+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyInline

On Mar 2, 2007, at 14:30, MenTaLguY wrote:
> 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?

Bugs.  If people file multiple bugs for the same not-a-bug on my  
project, I have poor design or poor documentation.