Another dumb question from a newbie: multiple bugs on the same page = 1 bug?

[ninetydegrees]

I keep finding bugs on Manage Comments. I've already filed three and I could file two more. I'm afraid it's getting a little ridiculous. What's the policy in this case? Should I file the new bugs independently anyway, edit the last one and give it a vaguer title? What?

BTW are there any guidelines somewhere for using Bugzilla? I don't get when it's ok to reopen a bug and when it isn't for example.

A: Reopen when there is a problem with the fix itself: it didn't fix the bug.

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[janinedog]

If all of the bugs are small, easy to fix, and not likely to result in major issues if the fix goes wrong (i.e. none of them involve re-working the page in a major way), it's probably fine to keep them in one general bug. In other words, you just want to make sure that whoever is going to fix the bugs can do so in one patch without that patch being completely overwhelming or confusing.

Hopefully that helps a bit. It never hurts to make the bugs separate, so if you're not sure, just do that. :)

[janinedog]

Oh, and as for your second question, I have no idea if there are official guidelines (if there are, they're probably in the wiki somewhere), but you can reopen a bug if that bug can no longer be considered "fixed". Reasons could be: the fix that was made does not actually fix the bug, or something else cropped up that is directly related to the bug and/or the fix for the bug which needs to be fixed too (e.g. the fix caused another bug). Those are the main reasons to reopen, I'd say.