~suv wrote:/me is puzzled this did not turn up in your search

I am equally puzzled when I search for bug reports and can't find bugs that I either know, or am pretty sure already exist. Often, I'm looking for bugs that I reported myself, and I have to resort to opening the last emaill I received about it, to find it. And the terms I used to search are always found within the title and/or text of the report.

For a recent example, I thought I had seen mentioned somewhere about putting 32- or 64-bit on the About screen. But when I searched and didn't find it, I thought it ought to be reported, and posted what turned out to be a duplicate report. And when someone discovered it as a duplicate, they posted a link to the original, and that's how I ultimately found it. And it turns out, the title of the original report contains ALL the words I used to search. Yet, it was not found during my search.

This type of situation has happened to me multiple times, and it's not surprising to me that the op didn't find it. This is an issue that in my opinion is critical, and I wish Launchpad would address it.