Bug#284006: Starting epiphany gives error "Bonobo couldn't locate the GNOME_Epiphany_Automation.server file"

[Micah Anderson]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Joerg Jaspert wrote:

> On 10137 March 1977, Micah Anderson wrote:
> 
> >> Wrong package, use the right one to report bugs please.
> >> Reassigned.
> > Are you saying that I intentionally report bugs to the wrong packages?
> 
> No, just saying you hit the wrong one.
> 
> [snipped a lot of stuff]
> 
> Err, are you on drugs?
> I simply reassigned, telling the packager(s) that it went to the wrong one,
> and asking you with a PLEASE to look for the right one the next
> time. Where is the problem?

The original statement did not include the word "next time", nor a
polite method of using the word please. Additionally, telling someone
to use the right package to report bugs is telling someone something
obvious in order to scold them. By using the imperitive you are
giving an order to a child to "Use your fork" not letting someone know
they did something wrong and politely correcting them ("Did you know
it is easier to eat speghetti with a fork rather than a spoon?")

A much different sentence would have been "It looks like this bug was
reported against the wrong package, for future reference the correct
one is epiphany-browser, thanks!" or "The epiphany package has a
number of different elements that you could report a bug on, it
appears as if this one should have been reported to epiphany-browser
since it is browser related, I'm reassigning it to that package
instead." Both of these options tell the submitter the correct
information without treating them like a child. "Use the right one to
report bugs please" is an imperative statement that sounds annoyed at
the person reporting bugs.

I think that people reporting bugs should be treated with respect and
so I wrote my long "drug-adled" reply as a piece of satire pointing out
the absurdity of the situation.

micah