Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in > exchange for the time they expect from the maintainer, and verify that the > bug has not been reported already. If it has, it is appropriate to send > the maintainer a confirmation that you also experienced the bug and any > additional information you can contribute to the solution. This > confirmation should be CC'd to the original bug report, for continuity > purposes. But creating an additional report is both confusing and > administrativly ugly.
This should be mandated (I thought it was). Not that I've always been as careful as I should have been, but I've tried to be pretty good. It's extremely helpful (especially for high-traffic-area/critical packages like X and libc) that you not end up with floods of redundant bugs. > I am not looking to stifle information flow about bugs. I am suggesting > that if the reporter of the bug will spend some time "doing the filing" > correctly the task becomes possible and the end user and the maintainer > both benefit. Not only that, but the user might discover a workaround in the bug log that helps them out. This might be the best way to "sell" the idea :> -- Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP=E80E0D04F521A094 532B97F5D64E3930 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
