Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
if an unfiled bug is reported to me and I confirm it independently (based on how it was reported to me), may I set it directly to confirmed?
This is what I do most of the times and I would say it's fine: after all, the bug at that point is confirmed by two independent sources (the person who reported it to you, or on other channels than Bugzilla, and yourself).
Regards, Andrea.
