Solution patch vs. other patch

Bug #1431530 reported by Egmont Koblinger
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Bug Description

When attaching a patch (e.g. as I did recently at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/1430620 comment 7), there's a checkbox labeled "This attachment contains a solution (patch) for this bug".

I intentionally left that unchecked, because I attached a patch which is _not_ a solution to the bug.

On the next screen I'm asked if the attachment is a patch (it _is_), and if so, I should click on Change to mark it so.

Seems that launchpad doesn't distinguish between a patch that's a proposed fix to the problem, vs. a patch that's for some totally other purpose (e.g. to get extra debugging info), as if the latter category didn't exist at all.

Could you please make it clearer which one you ask for, when you present these checkboxes?

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