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Gili commented on NETBEANS-241:
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The value of the exception reporter is that it gathers and includes more
contextual information alongside bug reports than users would normally include
by themselves. This could be something as simple as the version build number
but it also includes the exact sequence of steps that triggered the bug in the
first place. Half the time I run across a bug I cannot recall the exact
sequence of steps I invoked, but the exception reporter *does* and it includes
this information on my behalf. It also automatically consolidates duplicate
reports (based on stack-traces), saving committers' time.
I can honestly say I wouldn't have filed 25% of the bug reports I have over the
years if it wasn't for the exception reporter being around.
As for other Apache projects not having this mechanism: better to lift everyone
up than to lower us down, don't you think? :)
> Migrate Exception Reporter to Apache
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> Key: NETBEANS-241
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-241
> Project: NetBeans
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: ide - Logger
> Reporter: Gili
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> Expected behavior: Exception Reporter should file bugs in the new Apache JIRA
> issue tracker instead of the old Bugzilla system.
> It's not clear (to me at least) what metadata you need to store outside of
> individual bug reports, so that needs to be fleshed out because Apache might
> have provide the necessary infrastructure to host it.
> This issue is related to NETBEANS-164
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