> On Jan 2, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:32 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com <mailto: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? > I was doing apt-get install spamassassin --reinstall though, so you tell me? I’ll end up reporting the bug eventually, but I have no idea how to fix it, I just found a work-around. > > 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 > > > > You report the bug to whomever created the bug, typically. > > > > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 12:42:13 -0600 > From: chapinjeff at gmail.com <mailto:chapinjeff at gmail.com> > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto: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 <mailto:chapinjeff at gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:33 AM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com <mailto: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. > > - Happy New Year > > From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz <mailto:ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 11:28:38 -0600 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto: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 <mailto: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? > > - Happy New Year > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <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 <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <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 > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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