From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <pardsbane@offthehill.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from granger.mail.mindspring.net (granger.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.148]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78006159A6 for <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:58:00 -0600 (CST) Received: from user-112umh0.biz.mindspring.com ([66.47.90.32] helo=offthehill.org) by granger.mail.mindspring.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1698xC-0007o1-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:57:03 -0500 Received: (qmail 16459 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2001 17:51:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO there) (pardsbane@192.168.0.3) by 192.168.0.1 with SMTP; 28 Nov 2001 17:51:23 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Joshua Pollak <pardsbane@offthehill.org> Organization: offTheHill To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Proposed Issuetracker via PEST Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:56:50 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <1006817973.23206.0.camel@inspiron.theleaf.office> <1006963000.697.12.camel@fry> <87snay4y88.fsf@columbus.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <87snay4y88.fsf@columbus.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <E1698xC-0007o1-00@granger.mail.mindspring.net> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: josh@offthehill.org List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev>, <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Developer discussion list <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev>, <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gentoo-dev/> X-Archives-Salt: 323ce008-6b12-4681-aa15-045790ae3ed7 X-Archives-Hash: 3322c5fd5b6d8d8e57538662eb68d691 > How will users select a package in the Bug Tracking System if there > are hundreds or even thousands of packages? Do they have to scroll > through endless lists? Well, I would break it down so you choose category, then package. That should make it short enough to search by. > The Debian BTS uses electronic mail. And there are at least two > programs, e.g. reportbug, which is written in Python, that end-users > can use to send bug reports. Reportbug is usually how I've worked with Debbugs, and its pretty handy, but if you don't remember exactly how to spell a package name, it can be a serious pain. Also, browsing through all the other bugs to match one up with yours can be a bit of a pain, although its a nice feature. Anyway, I suppose Debbugs isn't a bad option, but I am really, really, really repulsed by its web interface. I agree the web interface isn't always the best one for entering bugs, but I think a clean web interface is the easiest way to update bug status and keep track of what bugs should be worked on and where they are in progress. Debbugs search options and the search display are amazingly annoying... It doesn't categorize the searches in any meaningful way, or allow you to adjust the categorization. I think a system like PEST or ReportBugs, where it is categorized, and you can choose the sort method is very important and useful. Also, because Debian's search doesn't show the bugs in a tabular format, its very hard to survey the returned bugs and see whats going on. -Josh