Getting PRs fixed [ was: Re: The future of fortune(6) ]

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <C8FB6D11-043A-4F62-BEE4-B95DDD3F35A4 at FreeBSD.org>, "Kristof Provost" writes:

>Good bug reports are enormously valuable. A bug report with a clear 
>reproduction scenario is vastly more likely to get fixed (quickly).

In the Varnish Cache project I have set a very clear policy for
bugreports:  If they are not actionable (after interacting with the
submitter), we close them, even if they are indicative of a bug.

A bugreport which says "Crash under circumstances unknown" has no
value for the developers.

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