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		bombcar on March 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It Doesn't Work Be polite and unexpecting of any fix and do all you can in the report to make it easy to fix and you’ll be appreciated (even if just by others who find your report). People underestimate how valuable a good bug report is - with details, minimum examples, and workarounds. Especially workarounds - as you may be the only useful response people find.

virtue3 on March 29, 2021 [–]

Any good bug report will save a developer HOURS of trying to understand the bug and where it's coming from.

"X is broken" is about the worst JIRA ticket you can ever get :/.

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