[OT] Getting in touch with the GCC team.

[Johannes Pfau via D.gnu]

Am Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:55:34 +0000
schrieb "simendsjo" <simendsjo at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
> This is way off topic, but I'm not sure where else to go. I want 
> to report a bug to g++, but this has shown to be extremely hard.. 
> I hope that at least here I can get a reply. And if it's really 
> this hard to add a bugreport, maybe someone could be nice and 
> report it for me.
> 
> This is a cross-post from gcc.reddit.com: 
> http://www.reddit.com/r/gcc/comments/2tq4ra/how_can_i_report_a_bug_to_the_gcc_team/
> 
> ----
> 
> Many open-source software have easily accessible bug databases
> - an important aspect of developing high quality products.
> 
> So why is it nearly impossible to report a GCC bug?
> 
> I tried to register at https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla, but the
> response was: "User account creation has been restricted. Contact
> your administrator or the maintainer (overseers at gcc.gnu.org) for
> information about creating an account."
> 
> So lets send a mail to overseers at gcc.gnu.org explaining the issue.
> The reply: "I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to
> the following addresses.  This is a permanent error; I've given
> up. Sorry it didn't work out."
> 
> Well, at least they have a mailing list. I registered to the
> gcc-help mailing list and tried submitting the bug report there.
> And I finally got a reply today! Yay!
> "Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sourceware.org.  I'm afraid
> I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work
> out."
> 
> Is this for real? An open-source project of this size, and it's
> hard-as-hell to get in touch with any developers?
> 
> So I ask you: How can I report a bug to the gcc team?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> PS: Yes, the correct subreddit would probably have been r/gcc, but
> seeing 514 subscribers and 2 online, I don't expect to get
> a response there.

I registered an account on https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla some time ago
and there were no restrictions. Sounds like they currently have
some issues with their email servers.