Modifying a bug's description

[Mathias Gug]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:57:11PM +0100, James Westby wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 14:07 -0700, Brian Murray wrote:
> > Bug descriptions are something that do not get modified very often,
> > approximately 240 times this month, but are a great way to make bug
> > reports more useful.  They can also save everyone the pain of having to
> > read through every bug comment to extract important information.
> > 
> > I put some thought into a few items[0] that would be beneficial to have
> > in the bug description.  This includes a 'test case' section which is
> > currently being used for the Stable Release Update verification process
> > with great success.  What other information could we be adding to the
> > bug description to make it more useful?
> 
> I think making sure the title is good is important as well. Making
> sure that it describes the problem, and also contains any important
> words for searching or scanning a bug list, so I'd encourage everyone
> to always re-evaluate a bug's title when you get some more information.
> 

I tend to update a bug's title when I find and mark duplicates (ex: try
to merge both bug titles).

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Mathias Gug
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