From aixtools at gmail.com  Wed Dec 16 22:39:45 2015
From: aixtools at gmail.com (Michael Felt)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:39:45 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Question about bug reporting, and the followup process
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On 2015-12-16 16:40, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> We generally ignore it, so your current practice is fine.  The problem 
> is that none of the core developers use AIX, so it's unlikely anyone 
> will be able to test and fix your problems.  You'll need to find an 
> AIX expert, or fix them yourself.
>
> Duncan Murdoch 
I have answered this twice, but still do not see it.

A) I am an AIX expert, not an R expert. I am willing to assist, 
longish-term for matters re: R on AIX.

B) If I fix something (e.g., the suggestions in the bug-reports, in 
particular for configure.ac related "stuff" - how do I submit a patch? 
(Did not find anything suitable in R-forge.)

C) Bug 16633 - https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16633 
is all platforms, not just AIX. And I am not attempting to fix it on my 
own, because there is an architectural element involved (namely, does 
the library, or libR own the symbol.

Thanks,
Michael

p.s. Duncan, maybe my previous replies were to you only - my mistake and 
please forgive the double emails.



[Rd] Question about bug reporting, and the followup process
Michael Felt