I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by luu » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 12:02 AM UTC

I Will File Bugs for You (2014)
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Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by zabcik » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 12:29 AM UTC

I bet this guy's going to get swamped in the next few hours.

Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by gfosco » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 12:31 AM UTC

He's not only filing the bug, but also attempting to reproduce it. In the vein of doing things that don't scale, this idea is a clear winner.

It does seem like a valuable service: The project would get a verified/reproduced bug report from a known entity, and the reporter would get their issue addressed just by sending an email.

Under/over on how long before he can't offer this for free?

Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 12:36 AM UTC

zabcik wrote: post #2

I bet this guy's going to get swamped in the next few hours.

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Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by bcook » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 12:37 AM UTC

I have always been ashamed that I rarely consider reporting a bug. Though, most of the time I assume that the "bug" is caused by my ignorance.

I think this man's efforts should be applauded. :)

Good luck!

Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by dukehoops » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 12:41 AM UTC

Maybe I am off, but that read almost like sarcasm (see reference to "copious free time" in fine print).

Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by zem » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 12:53 AM UTC

nice. however a more scalable approach would be a metabug site where people could post "it doesn't work" freeform text, and volunteers could accept a bug and resolve it when they had refiled it with the correct project.

Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by quadrature » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 12:53 AM UTC

bcook wrote: post #5

I have always been ashamed that I rarely consider reporting a bug. Though, most of the time I assume that the "bug" is caused by my ignorance. I think this man's efforts should be applauded. :) Good luck!

I know you're probably refering to open source projects, but a lot of software doesn't even have ways to report bugs to send feedback.

Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by knappe » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 1:07 AM UTC

gfosco wrote: post #3

He's not only filing the bug, but also attempting to reproduce it. In the vein of doing things that don't scale, this idea is a clear winner. It does seem like a valuable service: The project would get a verified/reproduced bug report from a known entity, and the reporter would get their issue addressed just by sending an email. Under/over on how long before he can't offer this for free?

It was first posted on `14 August 2014`. So my guess is no one has really taken him up on the offer.

Re: I Will File Bugs for You (2014)

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Post by cpeterso » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 1:31 AM UTC

bcook wrote: post #5

I have always been ashamed that I rarely consider reporting a bug. Though, most of the time I assume that the "bug" is caused by my ignorance. I think this man's efforts should be applauded. :) Good luck!

Firefox has a feedback feature (in the Help menu). Mozilla watches the flood of feedback for keywords and correlations to identify bug regressions. And, in Mozilla fashion, the anonymous feedback and ugly truth is open for all to see:

https://input.mozilla.org/