All I have to say is Ryan knows some stuff seems like someone I wish was my friend. Happy New Year - 😈 From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 17:25:26 -0600 To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [tclug-list] SpamAssassin compiling error - any ideas? 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> 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 To: 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> wrote: On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:33 AM, paul g <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 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 11:28:38 -0600 To: 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> 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 http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org 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.orghttp://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org 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, Minnesotatclug-list at mn-linux.orghttp://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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