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I think rails users, who are able to find a bug in rails are also able to write a test for it.

A GUI system, which allows you to make the system do the stuff which causes the bug and records the steps would be great, but i fear most software is to complex and special to come up with a useful system.

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Tests generated by GUI systems are extremely fragile and you wouldn't them hanging around your codebase.

OTOH, often a video recording is a great way to demonstrate a bug without having to (be able to) write an automated test, and pretty easy for even a non-technical user to produce.

For Rails, sure - but most FLOSS projects are not like that.

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