Bug#781932:

[Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@gmail.com>]

On 5 April 2015 at 15:32, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr  5, 2015 at 15:29:58 +0100, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
>
>> On 5 April 2015 at 15:20, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Apr  5, 2015 at 13:54:19 +0100, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
>> >
>> >> Why was the severity downgraded from 'serious'?
>> >>
>> >> Isn't the laptop display being non-functional a serious bug? One which
>> >> could potentially impact every Debian laptop user with an Intel GPU
>> >> and an external monitor? Which, presumably, would be quite a few
>> >> people.
>> >>
>> > No, an issue with the display of a single laptop is not serious.
>>
>> How do you know the issue is only with the display of a single laptop?
>> Have you tested any other (Intel) laptops with an external monitor?
>> Particularly where the resolution of the laptop does not match that of
>> the external monitor?
>>
> 1) if this was a general issue we'd have received a dozen reports by now
> 2) my laptop works just fine

It is unlikely that this kind of bug would impact just one single
laptop. It is more likely to impact a broader class, at the least
"IvyBridge Macbook", but possibly more broadly just "IvyBridge laptop"
or perhaps "SNB/IVB/HSW laptop". Without testing and/or understanding
of the cause of the bug, I don't see how you can draw the conclusion
that the bug only occurs on a single laptop.