Hi,

Martin Ågren wrote:

> --- a/Documentation/git.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git.txt
> @@ -859,6 +859,9 @@ Reporting Bugs
>  Report bugs to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org> where the
>  development and maintenance is primarily done.  You do not have to be
>  subscribed to the list to send a message there.
> +If you want to check to see if the issue has
> +been reported already, the list archive can be found at
> +<https://public-inbox.org/git/> and other places.

Hm.  I think this encourages a behavior that I want to discourage:
assuming that if a bug has already been reported then there's nothing
more for the new user to add.

Especially because the mailing list is not an issue tracker, this
would make it too easy for the project to miss important bugs.

Can this say something more neutral, like

        See the list archive at https://public-inbox.org/git/ for
        previous bug reports and other discussions.

?  Or if we want to encourage a particular behavior, should we say
something about "To coordinate with others experiencing the same
problem" or something else that encourages joining in with the
thread instead of assuming it's taken care of?

Thanks,
Jonathan

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