From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9117 invoked by alias); 20 Mar 2004 15:26:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 9110 invoked from network); 20 Mar 2004 15:26:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO legolas.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.24) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 20 Mar 2004 15:26:18 -0000 Received: from zaretski ([80.230.144.65]) by legolas.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.5-GR) with ESMTP id BMR15070; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:26:04 +0200 (IST) Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:26:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: mec.gnu@mindspring.com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain) Message-Id: <1438-Sat20Mar2004172324+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> CC: cagney@gnu.org, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <20040319174517.856F74B104@berman.michael-chastain.com> (mec.gnu@mindspring.com) Subject: Re: [patch/rfc] Add meaningful section titles to PROBLEMS Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20040319174517.856F74B104@berman.michael-chastain.com> X-SW-Source: 2004-03/txt/msg00479.txt.bz2 > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:45:17 -0500 (EST) > From: mec.gnu@mindspring.com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain) > > When I upgrade a software package, I find the list of regressions from > my current version to be of *great* value. For each new problem, I have > to ascertain whether it affects my system. If it affects my system, I > have to figure out how to work around the problem. If the problems are > too severe, then I know that I am better off not upgrading. I don't think regressions since version X.Y is something we need to mention in PROBLEMS. It is an implicit assumption of users that when they upgrade to a higher version, they have _less_ bugs, not more. If some unfortunate release violates this principle to a high degree, we should immediately make a bugfix release. So I think known user-level bugs need to be mentioned, but it's not very important to say in which release they appeared first.