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Re: ESR - the magic cauldron
>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Poupaert <erik.poupaert@skynet.be> writes:
Erik> I've regularly felt that the requirement to submit a
Erik> self-contained example for a bug report is a potent deterrent to
Erik> submitting any.
I'm sure it is true.
Do we really require a small example? I usually ask for one. I don't
remember closing a bug just because it didn't have one, but maybe
other people have done that. I don't know.
Anyway, on the other hand, when I see a report saying "download foo
and bar, and try this", I'm disinclined to even look at the bug. I'm
almost always swamped with things to do; 3rd party URLs and
complicated build instructions rot rather quickly; looking at random
public bugs is almost always last on my priority list.
I imagine this is true for the other regular gcj contributors.
One thing that would be really helpful is if we had some hackers
prioritizing bug fixing higher.
Tom