Bug tracker: next steps

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    >> If we don't have that, why bother?

    Hans> Even without such a role I believe a tracker may still be useful
    Hans> to serve as a focal point for development as an easy and
    Hans> lightweight way to get involved in XEmacs development. Obviously
    Hans> it is much more valuable when someone actively marks duplicates,
    Hans> asks for clarification on bugs when needed, etc., but I feel that
    Hans> even without that being done actively there will be value, as
    Hans> people may build upon each others bug reports and patches,
    Hans> something that is pretty much impossible now.

In the Python world, new people often will report bugs to comp.lang.python
or python-dev at python.org (or even webmaster at python.org).  The nearly uniform
response to such submissions is to ask the OP to submit them to the Python
bug tracker, simply so they don't get lost.  This alone makes a bug tracker
valuable.

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