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bug#20738: 25.0.50; grep/compilation output sometimes has text prop `com
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#20738: 25.0.50; grep/compilation output sometimes has text prop `compilation-message' on final line |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:29:09 +0000 (UTC) |
> >> Do you have a recipe?
> >
> > No.
>
> Then it seems unlikely that we'll make further progress here, and I'm
> closing this bug report.
Dunno how you figure that it's unlikely. I said,
at the outset:
It happens sometimes and not other times, but it's not
clear to me what the criteria are.
Also, I can reproduce it with Emacs versions as far
back as 24.1 (I haven't tried further back. I think
24.1 is maybe when property `compilation-message' was
first introduced anyway.)
The bug exists. I don't have recipe to repro it.
There's no relation between not having a recipe and the
frequency of the problem occurring - zero.
The choices, IMO, are to either (1) leave the bug open,
hoping that at some point someone will find or stumble
upon a recipe or a solution or (2) close it, knowing
that the bug exists.
It's not uncommon for bugs to later get more info and
be solved (#1). Of course, if the real aim is to keep
down the bug count, as opposed to recording bugs in
hopes of fixing them, then #2 can happen.
That sometimes happens in organizations where QA is
judged by the outstanding bug count. (IMHO, that has
no place in free software.)