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Grant Edwards ha scritto: |
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> On 2007-02-15, b.n. <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> I hope so. In the past I was always baffled when my searches |
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>>> didn't find anything relevent but all the bugs I reported were |
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>>> duplicates. [Actually, I think there was one what wasn't, but |
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>>> the experience was enough to make me swear off reporting bugs.] |
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>> I think there is nothing bad in this. At least you know: |
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>> - the bug you are reporting is already known |
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>> - some dev has seen it repeteadly, and repetitia iuvant* |
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>> *"Repeating helps", for the non-Latin speakers :) |
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> Except that it generates extra work for maintainers who have to |
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> mark the reported bug as a duplicate. If you've tripped over a |
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> bug that's already been reported, perhaps adding a comment |
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> (including how you triggered the bug) to an existing bug is |
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> probably more productive. |
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Sure, but if you weren't aware of the previous bug, a duplicate is |
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better than nothing, perhaps. |
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> OK, I'll start again. |
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Sincere thanks. |
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m. |
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