On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org>wrote:
> >> The person who raised the bug still took the trouble to do so. >> > > My question is still: is it sufficient? > Without filing a bug report, the reporter is harming himself. > > Also, some reports are only feature requests. I deem it quite unfair that > the release notes would contain lines such as > * MATH-123456789: Algorithm Xxx implemented. Thanks to <reporter>. How is it controversial to say thank you for contributions? The report is a contribution and being nice could encourage more contributions. Being all officious about what suffices to be worthy enough to make the oh so mighty gatekeepers be generous is a great way to turn people off.
