Fair point -- I missed that part. I read the 'compiling' part and skimmed over the rest. On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> wrote: > > 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 [image: Emoji] >> >> >> > 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. >> >> [image: Emoji] - 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? >> >> [image: Emoji] - 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.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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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