On 18/08/13 10:16, Francois Gouget wrote:
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013, Ken Sharp wrote:
[...]
It takes longer to create a bug report than it does to link it to the
database. It really isn't that hard.
But adding a link requires going and logging into a separate web site.
That's really not the part of the normal flow of entering a bug.
It is for me and everyone else who actually does it. It's nothing more
than your choice not to. There's no normal flow to entering a bug.
I've already said that it takes seconds.
There's little point in my continually asking users to add bug links to the
AppDB if maintainers and/or administrators don't bother themselves.
[...]
I've added hundreds over the past few weeks and this is not the first time I
have said it, nor am I the first one to do so.
It's even on the Wiki.
http://wiki.winehq.org/Bugs
Who reads instructions on a separate Wiki page when entering bug
reports? Just saying your expectations may be set a bit unrealistically
high.
Really? We may as well delete all the Wiki pages then.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ReportingBugs
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report
https://wiki.videolan.org/Report_bugs/
http://www.mingw.org/Reporting_Bugs
The triage team link to the Wiki with almost every response for more
information.
We have some instructions on Bugzilla's bug submission page (currently
'Please do not PASTE logs and back traces'). It may make sense to add
something for the bug links either there or on the page confirming the
bug was enered. It would have a much better chance of being read there
than on the Wiki.
Just add the link to the Wiki. We've already done that on the AppDB. The
Wiki can be easily edited. Bugzilla cannot.
