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You've also satisfactorily answered any questions I had, too.

+1 vote from me.

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Thomas Ward
LP: teward <https://launchpad.net/~teward>

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Alberto Salvia Novella <
es20490446e@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Sorry because of the delay. Here are the answers:
>
>
> After selecting to view hidden and backup files, they aren't shown until the window is closed <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1161412>
>
>
>    - I considered the first thing the user will do is to close the window
>    and reopen it, so the bug will be easily workarounded for him.
>
>
> xSPIM application does not start <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spim/+bug/824084>
>
>
>    - I changed the "doesn't work in any case" statement to "doesn't work
>    with all the Ubuntu releases".
>     - I clarified the workaround to not be working in Ubuntu 13.04.
>     - Philip Wyett <https://launchpad.net/%7Ephilip-wyett> filed the bug
>    to debbugs #670949<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670949>on
>    2013-04-11.
>
>
> El 12/04/13 01:59, Brian Murray escribió:
>
>  On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 06:45:07PM +0200, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote:
>
>  Dear Thomas,
>
> About these two bugs that were not valid in my application for
> joining the Ubuntu BugControl team, I found two great substitutes:
>
>    After selecting to view hidden and backup files, they aren't shown
>    until the window is closed
>    <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1161412> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1161412>
>
>        - I reported the bug myself, with rich detail.
>        - I forwarded it upstream.
>        - I would give it an importance of "low", since it's an
>        usability issue that does not limit the functionality of the
>        application.
>
>  While using your own bug reports in applications to the Ubuntu Bug
> Control team is generally frowned upon the work of forwarding the bug is
> the same and the forward (and bug watch) look good.  I think I would
> give this an importance of at least Medium though as it makes it hard to
> find these files.
>
>
>     xSPIM application does not start
>    <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spim/+bug/824084> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spim/+bug/824084>
>
>        - I explained how this package dependencies where not correctly met.
>        - I confirmed the bug was still there many releases after.
>        - I tagged all the affected releases.
>        - I reported the bug was still there and not as imagined by
>        other user.
>        - I added a work-around.
>
>  What does "doesn't work in any case" mean there?
>
>
>         - I would give it an importance of "high", since prevents the
>        application from functioning at all and the work-around won't
>        always on any Ubuntu release.
>
>  Could you clarify in which releases the workaround works in the bug?
>
> This looks good but looking in Debian for the bug report and adding a
> bug watch for it would have helped too.
>
> --
> Brian Murray
> Ubuntu Bug Master
>
>
>

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