Comment 2 for bug 1023425
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| Edward Donovan (edward.donovan) wrote | #2 |
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(Get the code!)
Here's a related experience you may consider, if you're fiddling with that message. Duping a bug recently, I forgot to switch tabs, and accidentally put a bug's own number into the "mark as a duplicate of" field. I got the error message you guys are describing, "not a valid number or nickname". So I have a minor concern with the "not a valid number" part.
In my case, I didn't realize my error yet, and was briefly confounded by the error message. I knew it was a valid number; I had just copied it out of an existing bug report. Then I realized I was duping a bug to itself. Evidently LP has code to recognize that situation. If the error message could reflect that knowledge, and say "that's the number of this bug!", rather than generically "not a valid number", that would be great.
(Suggestions to file another bug, or directions to the relevant place in the code, are welcome.) Thanks.