On Fri, 23 May 2003, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 09:51:33PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > > Admin installs from cd. Admin runs programs. Admin finds something he > > thinks > > is a bug. Admin reads changelog to see if the bug existed previously. > > hmm.. why would he do that?
Because I consider that standard debugging procedure. Always see if the symptoms you are seeing are similiar to something that has happened in the past. Bugs tend to cluster around small bits of code. Ie, the vast majority of code tends to be relatively bug free, and a small amount of code has the highest concentration of bugs. So looking for similiar bugs in a software program's history can clue one in on how to fix new bugs.