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