Re: Why are bug comment numbers multiples of 5?

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

i can contribute
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=800627
  (Original: Year 2028 problem in ISO 9660 kernel driver.
   Later: Year 2038 problem, which hopefully will get fixed by
   kernel 6.16 to be safe up to year 9999.)

There i see #5, #10, #22, #33, #38 and various control mails without
a HTML label.

The numbering reminds me of BASIC programming on a VIC-20.
I had to leave room between line numbers because the language
interpreter had no command to renumber lines automatically (other than
HP BASIC). So i began with number steps of 100 in oder to have the
opportunity to insert further lines inbetween.

It seems possible that the web software uses a similar scheme to insert
replies to individual messages of the bug report.
One would have to make experiments.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas