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Re: Bug with bash and OpenSSL usage on Windows

From
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Jul 27, 2024, 21:20 UTC
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On 2024-07-27 at 15:53:06, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> 
> > The Git project doesn't ship OpenSSL, or, for that matter, any binaries
> > at all.  All we ship is source versions of Git which various
> > distributors compile, sometimes with other binaries.
> >
> > It looks like you're probably using Git for Windows, which _does_ ship
> > OpenSSL, and so you probably want to contact them using their issue
> > tracker[0] once you've verified that it hasn't already been reported.
> >
> > [0] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git
> 
> Thanks for giving a response like the above, tirelessly every time
> something similar pops out.
> 
> I've been wondering if we can somehow reduce the occurrence of such
> an issue in the first place.  Elaborating a bit more in the
> "Reporting bugs" section of the documentation landing page is
> probably the 0-th step, and if people agree that it is going in the
> right direction, perhaps we would extend it to include something
> similar to the top of the "git bugreport" template, by futzing with
> the implementation of builtin/bugreport.c:get_bug_template(), and we
> can even encourage customizing it by distribution.
> 
> Comments?

I think something like that would be valuable. We of course want to hear about useful bug reports, but there's nothing we can do in this case and it would be very helpful both for us and the reporter if it went to the right place at first (even if that were the case even just a slightly higher percentage of the time).

It might be helpful to maybe add a note that the reporter should search for a similar issue first before reporting it. I feel like Dscho, as well as the Debian and Ubuntu maintainers, will appreciate that, and I know for Ubuntu at least the issue tracker actually keeps track of the issues affecting the most people to help prioritize fixes.

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brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him)
Toronto, Ontario, CA
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  1. Tim AbdiukovJul 26, 2024
  2. Tim AbdiukovJul 26, 2024
  3. brian m. carlsonJul 27, 2024
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2024
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2024
  6. Eric SunshineJul 27, 2024
  7. brian m. carlsonJul 27, 2024
  8. Jeff KingJul 27, 2024
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