OK, I added a field called Additional Details, which is available to
the bug reporter at reporting time and in edit this page mode. I'm
wondering if it should be indexed and available to be in the search.
Technically its easy eitehr way.

But I think there should be a clear difference between the
information posted by a bug reporter and by others commenting. on a
report, so I kept the annotate button for now.

I've come to see that what I have built is a system to make support
requests; which is not the same thing as a bug report or a simple
observation about a coding or design issue, or a difficulty to be
worked around.

Some more volunteers to add 1 or 2 reports and to make some critical
feedback would be very useful

>Read on the web at http://community.scriptmeridian.org/16082
>----------------------------------
>
>After posting a (very old!!) bug to the experimental Bugz database
>(http://www.baylys.com:8080/bugz/), I have a few more comments.
>
>The present fields don't allow for either discussion or a proposed
>fix. In the particular bug I posted, I actually created a fix (way
>back when), and communicated it to Userland.
>
>Having the "magic three" bits of information in explicit fields is
>probably unnecessary, and is unecessarily restrictive. Though it
>does allow the system to require that something is entered for each
>of them. I'd be inclined to do one of the following:
>
>Replace the three entry fields with a single one, with a name like Details.
>Retain the three entry fields, but add an additional field (with a
>name like Details) to allow general notes, bug fixes, and
>workarounds to be entered.
>
>
>I did add information using the Annotate button, but that's somewhat
>awkward for the purpose (and the comments didn't show up).
>
>- Sam


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