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Bug Reporting Etiquette

Posted by timothy on from the sir-you-have-a-tarantula-in-your-nose-sir dept.

Jamie Zawinski writes "Mozilla.org has a new article on Bugzilla Etiquette. Relevant to more than just Bugzilla, this should be required reading for anyone who wants to file a bug about any product, no matter what bug tracking system is in use. I especially like the mention that "'Open Source' is not the same as 'the developers must do my bidding.'"" Update: 03/19 21:26 GMT by T : If that link doesn't work for you without cutting and pasting, reader Stephen Ostermiller suggests "you might want to use this link which appears to be the same document mirrored elsewhere."

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  1. teh fr1st p0zt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is dedicated to all my hoez nad biatchez!!.. :)

  2. LOSERS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP :P

  3. PIRST FOST!! by xchino · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FURST PANTS BEETCHES!

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    Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.
  4. first bug report by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first bug report

  5. Bugs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I always thought bugs were a TERMINEX issue?

    FP? And does that make this spam?

  6. missed FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but propz to all dead homiez

    The Streets will flow with the blood of the unbelievers!

  7. A problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I tried using Bugzilla to report a bug, but it crashed! LOLOLOL

    1. Re:A problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      YU0 == PH@GG0R7!!!

      LuZ3r!

      3@7 mY $h0r7z!

      1 @m l337 h4x0r, 1 r0x3n j00r b0x3n!!!

      Ph33r m3!!!

  8. THATS FUNNY NOT OFFTOPIC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    now THIS is offtopic - NUKE BAGHDAD!

  9. Re:here's a copy of the page by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    according to latest USisms, you should read:

    There's a number of freedom pas you can commit when using Bugzilla

    Instead of:
    There's a number of faux pas you can commit when using Bugzilla

    Artaxerxes

  10. Go Bugzilla! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ship it!

  11. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, bugs report you!

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Archangel+Michael · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This is the first "Russia" post that actually made some sense. Too bad it is such a Slashdot Troll.

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      Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
  12. jwz? by DrXym · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why does anyone care what jwz thinks about Mozilla? He hasn't been involved with the project in any way at all during the last four years. None whatsoever. Except griping from the sidelines of course.

  13. Today's Chuckle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    War Protester Dies in Fall from Golden Gate Bridge

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) March 19 - A man protesting the looming U.S. war on Iraq fell to his death from San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday as he was hanging a banner, officials said.

    "He appears to have been hanging a banner of some kind," said California Highway Patrol officer Timothy Willock. "We're not sure if he decided to jump or slipped while he was, you know, hanging the banner. That's unclear right now."

    Anti-war sentiment is strong in the San Francisco Bay Area but the death of the man in his 30s was the first related to the latest protests over the U.S.-led war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.