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[RFC,wwwdocs] bug report reopen policy

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Tom de Vries April 20, 2015, 10:57 a.m. UTC 
Hi,

In PR64683 comment 11, Ian mentioned:
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This bug may have the same symptoms but it has a completely different cause.
Next time, please do not reopen the bug unless you are certain it has the same
cause.  Please open a new bug instead.  Thanks.
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I couldn't find a similar rule in the 'Reporting Bugs' section, so this patch 
adds such a rule.

The patch (validated as required) adds the following item to the 'Reporting Bugs 
- What we DON'T want' bit of https://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/ :
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* Reopening a bug report when you're not certain that the failure you're
   reporting has the same root cause as the reopened bug report
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Thanks,
- Tom
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Index: htdocs/bugs/index.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/bugs/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.116
diff -u -r1.116 index.html
--- htdocs/bugs/index.html	5 Jul 2014 21:52:32 -0000	1.116
+++ htdocs/bugs/index.html	20 Apr 2015 10:46:37 -0000
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ 
   <li>Questions about the correctness or the expected behavior of
   certain constructs that are not GCC extensions.  Ask them in forums
   dedicated to the discussion of the programming language</li>
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+  <li>Reopening a bug report when you're not certain that the failure you're
+  reporting has the same root cause as the reopened bug report</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h3><a name="where">Where to post it</a></h3>