Why should I ever bother filing another bug?

[David Tardon]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 09:30:54PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2010/11/08 18:06 (GMT-0800) Adam Williamson composed:
> 
> > I don't see why this is a huge deal. There's a bug in Bugzilla that it
> > doesn't merge CC lists when you dupe bugs, yeah. Aside from that? What's
> > the huge problem with duping an older bug to a newer one?
> 
> Like I said, let the people who actually fix bugs both find them and file 
> them. There's no point in anyone else bothering. Triagers won't be necessary, 
> saving everyone time, cluttering the tracker with fewer dupes. And, they'll 
> always look, according to buglists, as if they were fixed more quickly than 
> they really were. Everybody wins, except those who can't fix bugs but would 
> like to feel their testing and reporting serves a purpose.
> -- 
> "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
> words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
> 
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Btw, maybe you should look at the proverb in your signature and try to
apply it to yourself. Because in this thread you have neither shown
understanding nor used pleasant words.

D.