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Package: reportbug
Version: 3.30
Severity: wishlist
I often end up reporting bugs that were already explained in
README.Debian. Arguably, this is my fault. It would be nice,
however, if reportbug showed the README.Debian file to me (and
possibly NEWS.Debian also) if they are present, before I get to
reporting the bug.
Cheers,
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Hi Martin,
thanks for your report
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:49:24AM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> On 10/6/06, martin f krafft <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Package: reportbug
> >Version: 3.30
> >Severity: wishlist
> >
> >I often end up reporting bugs that were already explained in
> >README.Debian. Arguably, this is my fault. It would be nice,
> >however, if reportbug showed the README.Debian file to me (and
> >possibly NEWS.Debian also) if they are present, before I get to
> >reporting the bug.
>
> I wonder if there's too much noise in the typical README/NEWS.Debian
> to make this a good policy (even as an option) - I'd rather more
> packages make use of presubj files to include a mini-FAQ covering
> frequently-reported bugs.
I agree with Chris' analysis: those files are usually a collection of
information that only in some cases can prevent bug reports, while
show them can result in a bit of confusion.
If there are common case of reports for a package, then the usage of
presubj is the way to go. That said, I'm closing this report.
Cheers,
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