Re: Strict grace spacing is (still) broken

[Graham Percival]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:03:26 +0200
"Valentin Villenave" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2008/9/28 Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
> > There should be no "if I remember", because you added a .png
> > showing the bug when you added the initial report.  Right?  Right?
> 
> Aah, nice to see you too, Graham ;-)

Admit it: you feel like something is wrong when I'm not telling
you off.  :)

> > Always assume that the bug won't be fixed for over a year and so
> > you won't be able to remember anything.
> 
> Well, this bug was added on the 8th of February, so that's quite a
> while already. And though I can't say I remember *all* 600+ bugs in
> the tracker, I have browsed and reviewd them extensively enough to
> keep familiar with them.
> >  In fact, assume that the
> > bug won't be fixed while you're still in charge of bugs
> 
> You are right.
> That being said, I don't intend to leave soon, and if I do, I'll run a
> full review of the tracker before I leave.

Great -- but what happens if (using the traditional open source
phrase) you get hit by a bus?  Well, I suppose that you'll have
bigger concerns at the time...  but still, it would be nice if we
didn't rely on one person's memory.

Besides, other people don't have access to your memory.  Including
all info in the initial report makes sure that other people can
get "up to speed" on any particular bug.

> > write the report such that it's obvious
> > 1) what the problem is
> > 2) if the current output matches the problem output.
> 
> I usually only include an image when needed (for instance when the
> output could seem ok, or when it only affects one detail), and if I
> didn't then it means that the problem was obvious when looking at the
> output -- which it is no longer, so that means the bug has been fixed.

Except that this whole thread started because one person wasn't
certain if the bug had been fixed or not.

I know that creating + uploading a .png is annoying and takes two
minutes, but IMO it's worth it for pretty much every issue.

Cheers,
- Graham