On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 01:44:13PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote:

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>
> I stand by my original suggestion: that reportbug could help
> reduce the noise of bug reports on outdated packges
> by advising users to 'apt-get upgrade' (or in the case of
> unstable 'apt-get upgrade' followed by 'apt-get
> dist-upgrade') and rechecking the behavior before
> filing.
>

Hi Joel,

that's a very good suggestion, even if I would not make it a
compulsory step in the reportbug workflow. It looks like the
perfect subject of a bugreport with "Severity: wishlist" :)

HND

KatolaZ

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