also sprach Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> [2007.10.10.2105 +0100]: > These were split out this way because using reportbug is the > recommended way, and the instructions below do not apply in the > normal case if you're using reportbug. I found it to be incredibly confusion to have two headers Reporting bugs in Debian with reportbug Reporting bugs in Debian by email when in fact a lot of the stuff in the second section applies to reportbug users as well. > > -with a special format described below.</p> +with a special > > format described below. <code>reportbug</code> (<a > > +href="#reportbug">see above</a>) will properly format the > > e-mails for you; +please use it!</p> > > This is needless because it's already explained above. This is documentation; my experience with documentation is that it doesn't hurt to repeat stuff. It makes it easier for the reader and also might increase the change s/he actually reads it. > And likewise, these commands only apply when you're not using > reportbug; mentioning it here is useless. I don't know about that. I always take the stance that mentioning tools like reportbug is good, but should not be done in favour of listing the low-level tools for those who want to know. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems
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