Bug#344831: DevRef: Please document best practice for submitters testing bugs
Package: developers-reference
Severity: wishlist
Do you think it would be worthwhile to include some documentation to
the following effect, perhaps added to either 5.8.2 or 5.8.3?
It is best to close bugs only when the submitter agrees that it
should be closed. Oftentimes during bug triage, stale bugs are
discovered which may have been fixed many releases ago, but which
remain opened. Sometimes, the report is short and simple, and it is
easy to check whether the bug still applies. Other times, the
discussion in the bug log is long and documents requests by various
people. In any case, it is good to have the submitters approval
that the reported problem has been solved.
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