and the comments following it. (That comment would not have been appropriate as an attachment, IMHO.)
I tend to agree with Gustavo that supporting formatted text is important. I've seen lots of comments in bug trackers where people essentially do ASCII art to illustrate something. Maybe in an ideal world we'd get away from ASCII art, but... it's the standard right now :-).
Just a note that this bit me in a non-patch situation, see
https:/ /bugs.edge. launchpad. net/launchpad/ +bug/317136/ comments/ 2
and the comments following it. (That comment would not have been appropriate as an attachment, IMHO.)
I tend to agree with Gustavo that supporting formatted text is important. I've seen lots of comments in bug trackers where people essentially do ASCII art to illustrate something. Maybe in an ideal world we'd get away from ASCII art, but... it's the standard right now :-).