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Pinpointing the bug is part of a good bug report. I often spend hours investigating bugs I am just reporting. This is because I want to make it reproducible fo
by acatton 3y ago
Pinpointing the bug is part of a good bug report.
I often spend hours investigating bugs I am just reporting. This is because I want to make it reproducible for the maintainer. Sometimes making it reproducible narrow down the issue so much that it can be found in the code in a few minutes. "Reported-By" is often not a small feat.
- planede 3y ago"pinpointing" can mean different things. Indeed a good bug report includes a good description of minimal reproducer, hopefully deterministic. I would also call this "pinpointing". But the author went further and identified the incorrect parts of the code as well and produced a patch that resolved the issue. I would sure love if most the bug reports I receive would be of this quality, it would save me a lot of work...
- derangedHorse 3y agoIt is when you'll now get grouped in with those who just say "X doesn't work"