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   Jani Nikula (jani@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 23:42:28 JST Jani Nikula

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   • Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)

   @kernellogger I'd think the first response should fall on the downstream kernel providers i.e. distros, especially if the reporter does not know how to build and run upstream kernels and test fixes.

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     Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4) (kernellogger@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 23:42:29 JST Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)

     Sooner or later the #Linux #kernel afaics will need a group of "first level bug responders" to reduce workload and noise for #LinuxKernel maintainers and developers.

     E.g. a group of people that triages incoming bug reports[1] and normally only lets those through to the real developers that meet some very basic requirements.

     [1] point to dupes, check if the report is sane, check if all basic information is there, ...