Comment 7 for bug 30307

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Brad Bollenbach (bradb) wrote : Re: [Bug 30307] Re: Use terms from duplicate bugs to return originals in searches

On 18-Oct-06, at 11:05 AM, towsonu2003 wrote:

>>>> This makes it more likely that a reporter will find the bug report
>>> It also makes it more likely that the reporter will comment to a
>>> dupe,
>>> meaning no one will care about his/her comment...
>>
>> Good point. Should comments be allowed on duplicates?
>>
>
> if you could solve bug 3796 before this one, then it might not matter
> (imho people tend to check the status+importance more than various
> notifications about the bug). but if this one is solved first, then no
> it should not be allowed :)

I agree. I think we should:

   1. Display duplicate status as "Duplicate"
   2. Allow commenting on those bugs anyway, so someone can ask "Is
this really a dupe of X?", etc.
   3. Match duplicate bugs in dupe bug searches, rather than fancily
showing only their dupe targets, so that the user may stumble on a
duplicate report that better resembles the way they experienced the bug.