On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 01:33:55 PM Frank Murphy wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:18:39 -0500
"Christopher B. Wright" <wrightc@...537...> wrote:
(I originally sent this using the wrong email address. I'm expecting that one to bounce back, which is why I'm sending this one. If you see this message twice I apologize profusely.)
Apologies, reply based on your Subject.
File a new bug against the version that has the problem, after *first* checking is the same version bug existing.
I did check. The bug exists, was reported about five years ago, and was, at the time, fixed.
So what I want to know:
Do I add a comment to the original bug report, even though that specific instance of the bug was fixed?
Or do I create a new bug report, and reference the bug report where it originally occurred?
What's tripping me up is that the bug was fixed, and the bug report is therefore "closed." (I note that Inkscape doesn't actually seem to have a "closed" status, but "fixed" seems to play the same role.)
On the one hand, adding a comment to the end of a fixed bug will prevent duplication... but if it's "fixed," am I commenting on something no one will ever look at? On the other hand, creating a new bug report will ensure someone looks at it, but am I just creating needless work for someone who is going to have to close the report because it already exists?
Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@...537...)