Re: BUG #5087: Submitted bug reports not showing up in a timely manner (or at all)

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

>> They get processed in the moderator queue of -bugs along with all
>> other posts there... We're probably just back in the situation
>> where we need more moderators for it...

Tom> A quick grep in my mail logs shows that since Jan 1, I have
Tom> received 440 bug-reporter emails, bearing numbers from 4598 to
Tom> 5087 (a range of 490 numbers). So Andrew's "one-third" is a
Tom> large exaggeration,

My "one-third" figure is out of those cases where I say to someone on
IRC, "you need to submit this as a bug", they say "ok, I filled in the
reporting form and it gave me number #nnnn". This sample is probably
quite biased against people who would already have been subscribed to
the -bugs list.

(In most cases I encourage people to submit their own bugs rather than
trying to own the issue for them. If it looks important, I do try and
make sure that they subscribe to -bugs first; but I can't guarantee
that they do, and nor am I in a position to track the issue to make
sure it really does show up. The one-third figure is only an impression
based on the number of cases in which I am later reminded of the bug and
go back to look for it.)

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Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)