Re: Inkscape can be extremely frustrating

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 4:53 AM Mark Crutch <[email protected]> wrote:

Speaking as a software developer myself, I can say that wordiness in bug
> reports, although not a "problem" as such, can sometimes act as a
> deterrent. It's the same reason that "me too" comments on bug reports are
> discouraged. Generally it's a lot easier for a developer to get to work on
> an issue that succinctly describes the nature of the problem, and the
> proposed remedy, rather than one that requires reading through a longer
> discussion, possibly having to pick out relevant parts from multiple
> comments.
>

Aside: Although I can be guilty of the wordiness, the issue I have is not
so often with bug reports, but mailing lists where every message contains
the entire history of the thread quintuply quoted, including 20 footers
about how to subscribe / unsubscribe / etc. to the point that it resembles
some fancy free-verse poetry. This is what threaded archives are good for.
Take time to erase -- particularly duplicate footers.

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