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On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:56:50 -0500 |
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Joshua Pollak <pardsbane@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > How will users select a package in the Bug Tracking System if there |
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> > are hundreds or even thousands of packages? Do they have to scroll |
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> > through endless lists? |
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> Well, I would break it down so you choose category, then package. That should |
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> make it short enough to search by. |
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> > The Debian BTS uses electronic mail. And there are at least two |
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> > programs, e.g. reportbug, which is written in Python, that end-users |
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> > can use to send bug reports. |
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> Anyway, I suppose Debbugs isn't a bad option, but I am really, really, really |
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> repulsed by its web interface. I agree the web interface isn't always the |
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> best one for entering bugs, but I think a clean web interface is the easiest |
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> way to update bug status and keep track of what bugs should be worked on and |
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> where they are in progress. |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to like how debbugs works but |
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you don't like the web interface. It would seem to me that the web |
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interface to a system as fairly simple as debbugs would be easy enough |
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to alter if you didn't like it. However, you still didn't mention |
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whether or not you've looked at http://bugs.debian.org -- personally, |
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I find the interface *easier* to use than any other. Below is an |
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taken from that page on various ways to access bug reports. |
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It doesn't look too hard to me. |
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http://bugs.debian.org/number |
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http://bugs.debian.org/package |
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http://bugs.debian.org/src:sourcepackage |
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http://bugs.debian.org/maintainer@×××××.address |
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http://bugs.debian.org/from:submitter@×××××.address |
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I haven't used roundup for more than "I got it working", but it appears |
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to be OK, and a much simpler code base than debbugs. |
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However, I'll admit that almost all of my work with debbugs has been |
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via email, and I find it quite useable in that manner. |
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I really *must* set up roundup and play with it some more. |
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Oh, and Python does, of course, have GTK bindings. I use them |
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every day at my work. |
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Jon Nelson |
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jnelson@×××××××.net |
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C and Python Programmer |
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