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On 6/14/05, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 20:24 +0200, Andrej Kacian wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:49:28 +0900 |
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> > Chris White <chriswhite@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > on a minor note, I was thinking of maybe a somewhat small comprehensive list |
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> > > of major problems and ways to solve them. I know we do have bugzilla, but |
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> > > bugzilla is kind of full of noise (look at all them bugs!). Therefore, I |
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> > > think a small page with major stuff like "Oh my god, my stuff doesn't |
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> > > compile" or "It can't find my library!" would help. Ways of solving it |
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> > > would also be nice. I was thinking of having the page archive things that |
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> > > are 1 month old and everything else is front page. Let me know what the |
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> > > thoughts are on that. Ok, that's it... |
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> > That's a good idea, something like topic on #gentoo, but in form of a website |
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> > (and perhaps a RSS feed?) |
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> I like the idea. |
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> Questions: |
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> - do "we" want that? |
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> - who will take care of it? |
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> wkr, |
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> Patrick |
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> Stand still, and let the rest of the universe move |
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> BodyID:125254787.2.n.logpart (stored separately) |
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A couple other things I can see becoming an issue: |
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1) We don't want to undermine bugzilla's function. Yes, it's noisy, |
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but a suitably motivated individual (to use Donnie's catchphrase) can |
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find what they're looking for. Taking people off bugzilla could mean |
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less bugs solved, and it could also mean people saying, "Oh, look, |
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it's not on the RSS feed! Let's file a bug." |
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2) At the risk of merely restating Patrick's second question, |
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maintaining a mini-bugzilla (I know that's not what it will be, but |
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nonetheless) takes developers off of solving bugs, instead tasking |
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them with re-packaging existing solutions that can be found (refer to |
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1 ;P). |
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That been said, I think it's a great idea for those who don't know a |
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lot about the open source process or even Linux in general. Maybe it |
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would be a good idea to make the page refer back to bugzilla often |
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enough to make people wonder what it is, as well as get them used to |
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the sight of it. That makes it less work, as the maintainers can |
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merely summarize solutions only if necessary, and link up to the bugs. |
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I know this would be really useful for when we have those common bugs |
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where you see a bajillion duplicates. From people who think bugzilla |
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is a forum to post their problems. |
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