a request out of bugzilla

[Thomas Bushnell BSG]

In closing a bug report on bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150604), Derek Atkins asks
me:

> Thomas: can you please attempt to verify bugs against cvs before you
> submit them?

Really, probably, no.  It's a bajillion times easier to report bugs
against the released version.  I do not have the resources to keep a
running copy of the CVS head all the time, nor can I reasonably build
it every time I need to verify a bug.

Heck, this is one of the reasons for having regular releases. ;)

I would be happy to check the ChangeLog and make an effort to see if
problems are fixed by source-perusal, because that doesn't require the
same level of ressources.  Perusing ChangeLogs requires good GNU
ChangeLogs; in this case the entry

        * Luigi Ballabio's automake patch to gnucash.m4

would not have told me at all what the fix was, and so I wouldn't be
able to tell whether the bug I reported were fixed or not.

(But, of course, direct source perusal would; sometimes the source can
be hard to understand, however, so that obviously fails.)

I'm convincable, but it seems reasonable to me to verify bugs against
the release, before reporting them, rather than needing to deal with
the bleeding edge.  I am willing to make an effort in the future to
see if they are fixed by source perusal as well if that is desired.

Thomas