| 2012-11-29 18:03:48 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu6, Ubuntu 12.04
1. Encounter a particular crash.
2. Encounter the same crash again.
3. Encounter the same crash again.
What happens:
1. An error alert appears explaining what happened.
2. An error alert appears explaining what happened.
3. Nothing.
What should happen:
3. An error alert appears explaining what happened.
The primary purpose of the error alert, as far as the user is concerned, is to explain what has just gone wrong. This purpose does not change no matter how often the error occurs. |
apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu6, Ubuntu 12.04
1. Encounter a particular crash.
2. Encounter the same crash again.
3. Encounter the same crash again.
What happens:
1. An error alert appears explaining what happened.
2. An error alert appears explaining what happened.
3. Nothing.
What should happen:
3. An error alert appears explaining what happened.
The primary purpose of the error alert, as far as the user is concerned, is to explain what has just gone wrong. This purpose does not change no matter how often the error occurs.
For fair comparison of error rates between Ubuntu versions, it may be necessary to flag these previously-suppressed errors as ones that wouldn't have been reported "by X standards". |
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