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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-04-17 08:06:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-04-17 08:06:04 +0000 |
| commit | a99a027138e0919a5221083a3d45c288bcce5359 (patch) | |
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Bug caveat.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 7de91de1..f4dd655c 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ <BODY> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.4 1997/04/17 07:56:59 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.5 1997/04/17 08:06:04 esr Exp $<p> (Added <a href="http:#C6">C6</a> on working with qmail and <a href="http:#C7">C7</a> on managing fetchmail in the presence of @@ -144,7 +144,16 @@ If the bug involves a core dump or hang, a gdb stack trace is good to have. (Bear in mind that you can attach gdb to a running but hung process by giving the process ID as a second argument.)<p> -Best of all is a mail file which, when fetched, will reproduce the bug.<p> +Best of all is a mail file which, when fetched, will reproduce the +bug.<p> + +Any bug I can reproduce will usually get fixed very quickly, often +within 48 hours. Bugs I can't reproduce are a crapshoot. If the +solution isn't obvious when I first look, it may evade me for a long +time (or to put it another way, fetchmail is well enough tested that the +easy bugs have long since been found). So if you want your bug fixed +rapidly, it is not just sufficient but nearly <em>necessary</em> that +you give me a way to reproduce it.<p> <hr> <h2><a name="G4">G4. I have this idea for a neat feature. Will you add it?</a></h2> |