[CMake] bug reports too easy to duplicate

Brad King brad.king at kitware.com
Mon Aug 7 10:30:51 EDT 2006


Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> In your bug report form I suggest the actions of the icon beside the file
> attach area need review.  I thought it would simply confirm the file
> existed
> or help you to find the file.  Instead clicking the icon gives you an
> upload
> dialogue. I assumed that would go nowhere since there was no bug report yet
> to attach it to, but instead it creates a bug report immediately when you
> are not finished with your bug report.  I found that out by accident this
> morning which is why bug 3584 duplicates bug 3583 except for a few
> additional
> items. :(
> 
> I think the best solution is simply to remove this file attach icon or
> change its function simply to confirm the file exists.  The file gets
> attached properly in any case if you hit the submit button at the bottom of
> the form so having the icon by the file attach area with the same
> functionality is just confusing and will lead to duplicate or near
> duplicate
> bug reports as with 3583 and 3584.

You can actually report this in the bug tracker ;)

Just select "System Administration" as the project for which to report
the bug on the "Add a new bug" page.

-Brad


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