On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 09:46:03AM +0100, Marcus wrote:

> Am 11.02.21 um 09:03 schrieb Arrigo Marchiori:
> > I want to mark some duplicate bugs and I have a question.
> 
> for your example, see comments inline.
> 
> > Suppose the bugs are numbered 2, 4, and 6.  I have been working on
> > number 4, because I did not know about number 2.  For this reason,
> > number 4 has more comments on BugZilla and my GitHub PR refers to it.
> > 
> > I will declare that no. 6 is a duplicate, because it was reported
> > afterwards.
> 
> yes
> 
> > Can I indicate that no. 2 is a duplicate of no. 4 even if it was
> > reported before, although according to a strict time-based logic it
> > should be the opposite (i.e. that no. 4 is a duplicate of no. 2)?
> 
> Yes
> 
> > The reason I believe it would be better to flag no. 2 as duplicated of
> > no. 4 is because report no. 4 contains much more data about the
> > problem and IMHO it should ``stand out'' with respect to the others.
> 
> +1
> 
> In general:
> 
> Following the chronological order is the right thing. This means the oldest
> issue will remain when all others are decribing the same problem.
> 
> Exceptions (of course ;-)):
> 
> The respective issue should survive when:
> - it has the most helpful comments
> - it already has a doc to reproduce the problem
> - it has already a reference to SVN / Git / GitHub ...
> - it has the most votes, or links to "see also" issues
> - it has in general most helpful data.
> 
> That means chronological yes, but maybe it makes sense to use another issue
> when it is more helpful and then close all others as duplicate.
> 
> > Thank you in advance for your guidance,
> 
> I hope this is helpful for you.
> That's the way I'm doing it.

Very helpful! Thank you.

Best regards,
-- 
Arrigo

http://rigo.altervista.org

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