Re: Bug reporting

On 9 Jul 2014 Dave Higton wrote:

> OK, but that's not what it actually says.

Sorry I was thinking of a different field.

> The options under
> "Category" are:

> ABEND
> Amiga-specific
> Atari-specific
> BeOS-specific
> Cocoa-sepcific
> Framebuffer-specific
> GTK-specific
> Javascript
> Layout
> RISC OS-specific
> Win32-specific
> [All Projects] General

> I, as a user of a single OS, cannot tell whether the problem is
> specific to that OS, yet the field is required input from me.

I just select RISC OS-specific as it's the only one that fits the bill
unless it's a pure layout problem.

> I don't want to make a big deal out of it, but it does look to
> be a misnomer, and I was just looking for some clarification of
> its significance to the developers. I've got it.

> AAMOI: what is the ABEND option about?

No idea. ABEND goes back to IBM 360 days if not before. It's short for
"Abnormal End".

Richard


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