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B.4.3 Please Don't Post Bug Reports to USENET
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     I gave up on Usenet a couple of years ago and haven't really looked
     back.  It's like sports talk radio--you feel smarter for not having
     read it.
                            -- _Chet Ramey_

   Please do _not_ try to report bugs in 'gawk' by posting to the
Usenet/Internet newsgroup 'comp.lang.awk'.  Although some of the 'gawk'
developers occasionally read this news group, the primary 'gawk'
maintainer no longer does.  Thus it's virtually guaranteed that he will
_not_ see your posting.

   If you really don't care about the previous paragraph and continue to
post bug reports in 'comp.lang.awk', then understand that you're not
reporting bugs, you're just whining.

   Similarly, posting bug reports or questions in web forums (such as
Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/)) may get you an answer, but
it won't be from the 'gawk' maintainers, who do not spend their time in
web forums.  The steps described here are the only officially recognized
way for reporting bugs.  Really.