Re: LDP bug-tracker

["{poet}" <poet@linuxports.com>]

Hello,

The problem with NOT contacting the author directly is that changing the 
document without the authors permission is often copyright infringement. 
Although most documents allow modification it is not modification of the 
existing document. This means that we would end up with the MODEM-
HOWTO and the MODEM-HOWTO.Bugfix1999.

This would be a nightmare.


Date forwarded: 	18 Sep 1999 12:15:39 -0000
Date sent:      	Sat, 18 Sep 1999 07:04:25 -0500 (CDT)
From:           	Tim <tjbynum@wallybox.cei.net>
To:             	ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org
Subject:        	Re: LDP bug-tracker
Forwarded by:   	ldp-discuss@lists.debian.org

> > What may be needed is someone that a reader can contact if he get's no
> > response from the author/maintainer within a resonable amount of time.
> > Thus I don't think we should be looking into any bug-tracking system.
> > There are much more important things to do.
> I had made the suggestion that we have an email address (or list)
> available for reporting bugs, but it didn't fly over very well.  I believe
> one of the comments was that it should be handled directly, meaning on the
> author should be contacted.
> 
> But you bring up the point that I was trying to make......if that
> author(s) does not respond, or better yet, the corrections are not made,
> then nothing is accomplished and the time wasted is by that of the reader
> trying to contact the author which is what we're all looking
> for.....feedback.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Tim
> 
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