Should bug reports go in the bugs tag or on github?

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Having thought about this for a month now, and seen both in action, I have an answer.

Any ‘bug’ requiring any kind of discussion whatsoever belongs on meta.discourse first.

If the bug is …

  1. totally straightforward
  2. purely technical and not sociological in nature
  3. no reasonable person would dispute its status as a bug
  4. unlikely to need any discussion, other than “there it is” and “here is how to fix it”

… then it can go on GitHub Issues.

Note that this is a very narrow and strict definition, so unless your bug strongly meets all 4 above criteria, please keep it here on meta for discussion.

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