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I hate creating new accounts as much as the next person (maybe more), but if you can't be bothered with that much work why should I be bothered with fixing the
by paulclinger 7y ago
I hate creating new accounts as much as the next person (maybe more), but if you can't be bothered with that much work why should I be bothered with fixing the bug? I definitely prefer bug reports in the bug tracker, even though I will still respond to those that have been emailed to me.
- JohnFen 7y agoI'm with you generally, but this... > if you can't be bothered with that much work why should I be bothered with fixing the bug? comes off a bit weird. I don't fix bugs as a favor to any individual. I fix bugs because I want the product to be as good as it can be. In my own projects, when people report bugs to me though methods other than the bug tracker, I just file the bug in the tracker myself so I don't forget.
- paulclinger 7y agoI agree with you; I'm the same way about bugs in my products. Having said that, a bit more time/effort put into a bug report can save quite a bit of time for me in fixing this and increase the chance of success.
- lazyasciiart 7y agoI report bugs as a favor to the developer. Most of the time I never plan to use the fixed software anyway.