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According to the same bugzilla a gross '''40%''' of bugs end up being duplicates. | According to the same bugzilla a gross '''40%''' of bugs end up being duplicates. | ||
The goal of this workshop is to exchange on technique, tips and tricks on how to find and deal with duplicates. | The goal of this workshop is to exchange on technique, tips and tricks on how to find and deal with duplicates. It should help : | ||
= users = | |||
If they go through the trouble, of reading this, they'll be able to find bugs before filling them. | |||
= Devs and Bugzilla contributors = | |||
We should be able to use the dupme whiteboard status more efficiently, and we could use a few more contributors just with the dupme queries. | |||
http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/aziJgEK3MP | |||
Revision as of 08:35, 22 October 2010
Duplicates a little definition :
- According to the dictionary
- copied exactly from an original
- identical
- existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
- According to bugzilla
The problem is a duplicate of an existing bug. Marking a bug duplicate requires the bug# of the duplicating bug and will at least put that bug number in the description field.
According to the same bugzilla a gross 40% of bugs end up being duplicates.
The goal of this workshop is to exchange on technique, tips and tricks on how to find and deal with duplicates. It should help :
users
If they go through the trouble, of reading this, they'll be able to find bugs before filling them.
Devs and Bugzilla contributors
We should be able to use the dupme whiteboard status more efficiently, and we could use a few more contributors just with the dupme queries.