The "original" Ubuntu paper cut definition

> Put briefly, *a paper cut is* *a trivially fixable usability bug that the
> average user would encounter on his/her first day of using a brand new
> installation of Ubuntu Desktop Edition*
>

so the papercut is so much trivial than it is an usability bug.

How can he tag with papercut if he doesn't know if it's a trivial
> issue (since the definition of a paper cut is that it's a trivial
> issue)! :)
>
> > If the
> > developer comes and marks it difficult, we still know that the user
> > though
> > that the issue needed attention and raises an usability problem.
>
> I don't think papercut == usability issue. For usability issues we
> should tag them with "usability" IMO since the need is more general
> than just for papercuts.
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>

IMO if we want to make this initiative an user reporting process, it's
easier and more intuitive to mark the reported issues with a tag that states
the paperCut concept, than to mark it with a difficulty level.
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