good point, although there are always bugs that were hard to reproduce
(which were usually caused by design flaws)

> You file a bug and it's UNCONFIRMED. The next stage is for someone to come
> along and test it, to see if they can reproduce it. If they can, it's
> likely to become NEW. Only then does it have any chance of serious
> developer attention. Maybe.
> 
> Good, clear, reproducible bug reports and test cases help immeasurably.
> I did a lot of testing last year - spend an hour trying the day's new bugs,
> see if I could reproduce them. Giving them something easy to work with is
> *good*.

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