On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:23:17AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > Will Woods wrote: > >On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 10:58 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > > >>I have a dream of a desktop bugzilla client in Fedora. When you find a > >>bug, you fire up the prominently-placed client. The client presents you > >>with package names, and you select which package the bug was in. The > >>client will be smart enough to reconcile any questions about "which repo > >>this package came from". > > > >Yes! I have this same dream! I really REALLY want to see tighter > >integration between Fedora and our bug reporting/tracking stuff. I want: > > > >1) A nice client (maybe built from bug-buddy) for people to quickly and > >easily report bugs *without a bugzilla account*. > > I personally have a problem with that (maybe it's just the cranky > sysadmin in me): > * If a bug isn't worth a few minutes of your time to create a bugzilla > account, the bug must not be that important. This (IMO, small) barrier > weeds out frivolous reports. Easier bug reporting is nice, but not at > the expense of receiving *good* bug reports. > * Without a bugzilla account, there is no mechanism for further > correspondence/feedback between reporter and developers. I think this > is important too. I agree. I've never seen a bug get fixed soley on the initial report, so communication between the developer and reporter is required. josh