Re: [gentoo-dev] What should be in place before 1.0 release

[Mikael Hallendal <hallski@gentoo.org>]

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

Yes, but next time, PLEASE use linebreaks and it will be easier to read
the mail.

Regards,
  Mikael Hallendal

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Mikael Hallendal
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader
CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden


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