Comment 6 for bug 179587

Have just experienced this problem when a bug I filed was automatically marked a duplicate of a private bug. I am pretty sure the private bug was not included in the crash report choice, hence why I filed a new bug. Now I can not even track the status of the fix let along contribute further information if required.

Would it not be better to use a public bug as the parent? IMHO, a public bug should never be made a duplicate of a private one.