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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:11:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        billf@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: misc/13783: socks and log 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909171309310.23063-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <73639.937562361@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> Nowhere does the page explain that "I can't get my mouse to work" is not
> a "problem report". While you and I agree on what a PR should be, you
> should realize that our shared understanding is not the one that
> standard English interpretation leads newbies to.

"My mouse doesn't work when I use moused -........." is a problem report.
"How do I make my mouse work" is not.

> I've been wanting to get this off my chest for a while, which is why I'm
> not going to say anything about your "Finally, please try and be both
> realistic and professional when filing bug reports."  :-)

Why? I don't remember the (lack of) content in this specfic report, but
the submitter had set the PR to Critical/High on a stupid question.

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