[CentOS-devel] handling ABRT

On Nov 26, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Ralph Angenendt wrote:

> 
> So it is either abrt without reporting, no abrt, or b.c.o running on a
> bugzilla instance, afaics.
> 

There are fallacies in reaching the conclusion that
those are the only possible outcomes.

The argument chain that leads to those alternative resolutions
goes something like this:

    Q: Are segfault's (tracked by ABRT) bugs?
    A: Almost certainly.

    Q: And where do bug reports get filed go ... ?
    A: In a bugzilla! duh!

which leads to a certain narrow perspective and Q.E.D conclusion:
    1) rip ABRT out of CentOS
    2) cripple ABRT or gimp it up with "no reporting"
    3) set up a b.c.o instance

Bugzilla is almost certainly a reasonable end-point for ABRT
if you have gazillions of paid employees who are
paid (as part of a "service" model) to track
store-bought product defects and paying customer complaints.

But is that the right model for CentOS? Hardly imho ...

The better model is what is being done with kernel.org bugs
(which I claim was studied when ABRT was written. I'm sure
there were other implementations at M$ and with Apple radar blips too).

With kernel.org, bugs are tracked as a software devel process metric, not as
a paid wage slave performance indicator.

SO I suggest that you should look at other alternative end-points
for ABRT automated segfault/bug end-points, and view as a
objective distro "process" metric to prioritize scarce resources, not track,
bug reports. No user id's needed is just one of many benefits.

Unless you really like sipping from a bugzilla fire hose,
with everyone 2nd and 3rd guessing whatever solution you
attempted to solve a reported problem. There are hair shorts and
strait jackets for those who really MUSTHAVE their nagware to
	Get Things Done!

JMHO, YMMV, everyone's does, yadda, yadda.

hth

73 de Jeff