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Re: [Patch] Remove gccbug from bugreport.texi
- From: Rainer Orth <ro at TechFak dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>
- To: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth at ices dot utexas dot edu>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Date: 13 May 2003 12:32:48 +0200
- Subject: Re: [Patch] Remove gccbug from bugreport.texi
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305121656520.15700-100000@gandalf.ices.utexas.edu>
Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ices.utexas.edu> writes:
> (I'll probably get flamed for this...)
>
> The last sentence of the second last paragraph of bugreport.texi has two
> typos and one grammar error. I used this to get rid of the note about
> gccbug entirely. Everyone has WWW access these days, and my observation is
> that bugs sent in by gccbug are oftentimes missing something (but instead
> still have the default values of fields in them), so why not deprecate its
> use right away.
>
> Major objections?
Yes: while WWW access may be widespread these days, I generally consider it
far more convenient to be able to use a real mailer/editor to compose bug
reports than some web form. The web may be more convenient for
inexperienced users, but I prefer email, at least as an option.
Rainer