On: The Sad State of Logging Bugs for Apple

[redwoodmonkey]

The sysdiagnose does contain useful information that is useful for certain bugs. If an app crashes, then the crash report is essential. The log file is also (sometimes) useful. It is easier to ask for a sysdiagnose that gathers the kitchen sink instead of the developer just providing the piece needed (ie: the leaky faucet). -corbin

[saagarjha → redwoodmonkey]

Yeah, I know that, but the screeners will often ask for a sysdiagnose in cases where it's clearly not useful (for example, visual bugs that exist on an out-of-box installation). So it's pretty clear they're either not reading the bug, or going through some sort of checklist that one of the engineers gave them (don't bother me with a bug without a sysdiagnose!)

[redwoodmonkey → saagarjha]

Yeah, it is stupid. I used to see this all the time.

[rogual → redwoodmonkey]

The other day I reported a bug in Safari's regex engine and they asked for a sysdiagnose.

I just don't have the energy to perform pointless tasks, so their browser can stay broken.

(In case Apple is reading: /.*?x/u.exec('ふx') should match but doesn't.)