On 11/5/05, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > I was just wondering if the Fedora development tree users are noticing > the information about unsatisfied dependencies near the bottom of the > reports or would it make more sense to move it to the top for it to get > more attention? I don't think location in the report is the problem. I think the problem is, new testers who jump into rawhide and get dependency errors don't know the reports exist at all and do not look over the list archives before posting and asking for help. Once informed about the reports, it seems like people start reading them. The real question is..... what are people reading when they are making the decision to eat rawhide.. and can we get the daily reports tied in to those locations. > What about adding references to the following links with short blurbs > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/TestingGuide > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests They are probably worth adding.. but the report is already pretty long... and adding references has a certain opportunity cost. If the report is already too long for people to read all the way through as you conjecture, adding references might be self-defeating. Do you put them at the beginning.. making them more important than all other information in the report. Or do you put them at the end, making them least important? Whatever you choose as least important will be read by less people. > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/TestingGuide One comment about this page, the "do not do" section should be re-structured. It will read much better, and be better received by incoming people if you can find a way to turn that "do not" list into a list of "do's" instead. It's a stupid human psychology trick. Last year when I drafted my personal testing manifesto I tried very hard to avoid the "do do this" list and tried instead to make a list of best practises responsibilities. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JefSpaleta/TestingManifesto Mines way to verbose, but i think it strikes a more welcoming tone. -jef -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list