On 6/3/13 11:06 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > Hi, folks. Just wanted to throw out a random note on something that > often irks me. > > Next time you're thinking about cloning a bug: think twice. I've found > that it's rarely the case that cloning a bug is really the right thing > to do. > > When you clone a bug: > > * The new bug gets the exact same summary and clones a lot of the other > metadata, including Blocks, Keywords and Whiteboard > * The new bug gets a 'description' which includes the original > description plus every single comment from the 'parent' bug > * The new bug has everyone from the 'parent' bug's CC list on its CC > list > > This is rarely really what you want, and often can be completely > incorrect and annoying for the people in the CC list. > > Unless the above accurately describes the attributes you want your new > bug to have, you're probably better off just filing a new one with a > link to the old one than using the 'clone' function. Or clone, but pay attention to the content before you hit submit. Trim comments, re-set flags, descriptions, keywords, cc, etc. -Eric -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
