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mån 2001-10-15 klockan 11.35 skrev Blue Lizard: |
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> Well, if you are making a new interface to bugzilla (or whatever backend |
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> is chosen), which seems preferable, then it is not a big deal to have |
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> separate interfaces (like different forms on a website) for a BR, UC, or |
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> FER. Bug report, usability correction, and feature enhancement request |
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> respectively. That way if someone not very intigrated with development |
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> or clueless about code thinks 'it would be cool if you could...' he need |
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> say little more. And it would be easier for triage, version control, |
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> that kind of thing. That is, easier from the POV of the person writing |
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> the report/request and easier for the developer(s) it concerns. So yes, |
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> I agree that writing a gentoo interface is a good idea. Roundup is |
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> pretty, but I fear that it might not suit our purposes very well. |
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> Still, learn from it. While implementing our own interfaces (kinda like |
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> real time triage), take from it that ease of gathering together all your |
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> active 'stuff' together. Page for users to look at bugs they've filed |
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> and their status, activity, etc. (think MyPage on ubid). Page for |
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> developers to see bugs assigned to them, if they are qa contact, if a |
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> bug has patch up for review and it falls in their 'sector' |
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> (component/area), new bugs that would be of interest (falls in area of |
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> specialty, contact, someone cc'ed them, etc.). Note that unlike |
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> mozilla's implementation, it is more contained in one system unit |
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> thingy. Like instead of being based on emails and cc's and chechking |
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> boxes or filling in...this is all totally together in my head but to put |
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> into words or code seems impossible. Think like the way it sorta |
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> (great, now the idea is evolving too far beyond the example) ... ya |
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> know. Like the way MandrakeExpert sorta kinda doesn't really work. |
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> Replace the expert select check boxes with a pulldown menu that updates |
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> with the selection of component and other aspect triaging attributes |
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> that minimize the required user knowledge background. This is so |
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> incoherent I'm just gonna stop. Look at this, not a single line break. |
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> It's how I think, must be why I'm always so confused ;P |
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Yes, but next time, PLEASE use linebreaks and it will be easier to read |
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the mail. |
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Regards, |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader |
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CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden |
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