From kde-core-devel  Thu Apr 24 07:52:36 2008
From: Jaroslaw Staniek <js () iidea ! pl>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:52:36 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: [rfc] Should we "block" bugreports for the latest stable releases
Message-Id: <48103C44.8000406 () iidea ! pl>
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Hi,
there's the following warning on https://bugs.kde.org/wizard.cgi

"You are not using a recent KDE version.  Since your bug is likely to be fixed 
already in more recent versions of KDE you can no longer submit bugs against 
your version of KDE. If possible, please update your KDE version and see 
whether the problem persists. If it does, please re-submit your bug with the 
new KDE version. You can download updated KDE versions from the  KDE Web Site 
or one of the many mirror sites. You can also check the homepage of your 
operating system or distribution's vendor to see if there are customized KDE 
versions available for your system."

This is obviously good for KDE (desktop) itself, but not for apps with 
different release schedules.

I propose to:
1. Change the last item of KDE version to "Any version older than 3.5.8"
2. Add this sentence:
"If you use KDE older than 3.5.8 and claim that the bug may be independent of 
KDE version, please select 3.5.8 version below."

Alternatively, could it be possible to add "KDE 3, the report is independent 
of exact KDE version" item to the list?

-- 
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