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I don't think the number of lines is relevant. A patch is a patch and the author should be credited as such.

> Maybe it should work like that

Definitely



> A patch is a patch and the author should be credited as such.

But the patch was not taken. The maintainer fixed it a different way. So credit is given for reporting the issue and suggesting a fix, and that is what is represented by the Reported-By. Is that so hard to understand?


its the suggesting a fix (ie doing the research) thats missed, anybody can point out a bug




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