From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 12/11/25 18:07, Paul wrote:   
   > On Thu, 12/11/2025 11:08 AM, Edmund wrote:   
   >> Bug reporting, never mind.   
   >> I recently got tempted to try and report a bug, after asking Google how to   
   do that,   
   >> ending up with dead links and complains from other that it   
   >> is extremely complicated or better, impossible.   
   >> OK never mind, our cut and paste coders don't care anyway.   
   >>   
   >> It reminds me of the old:   
   >> The second with a complaint will be shot, one complain we already had.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Bug reporting is an art.   
   >   
   > Practice makes perfect.   
   >   
   > If you do not provide substantial related information in   
   > one of these queries, nobody can turn your experience into   
   > a positive one for you.   
   >   
   > And there are some projects, I WOULD NOT recommend you file a bug.   
   > Many other sites, the individuals involved are fully functional,   
   > balanced human beings. But nothing prevents a bug reporting scheme,   
   > from being filled with ass-hats. It happens.   
   >   
   > On a typical site:   
   >   
   > 1) Authenticate yourself. You need to create an account, or   
   >     they may have some social media login as a solution.   
   >   
   > 2) Create the standard fileset defined for a bug report.   
   >     This establishes what distro this is, what kernel, what   
   >     graphics card and driver, what release of application this is,   
   >     and so on. On some sites, there is a bash shell they offer,   
   >     for generating the files.   
   >   
   > 3) Craft your description in the text, the way that other   
   >     "successful" threads craft them. You need sufficient color   
   >     commentary about what you were doing, to not leave the bug buster   
   >     wondering exactly what you were doing. Why, it's almost like crafting   
   >     good USENET questions, in fact :-) Nobody on the other side of   
   >     the screen, is a mind reader.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
      
      
   Lot of words but admit it, you can't file a bug either.   
      
   --   
   Once an organization gains any influence, it will be corrupted from both   
   within and without.   
      
   Edmund   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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