From kde-devel  Thu Sep 11 16:32:37 2003
From: Amilcar do Carmo Lucas <amilcar () ida ! ing ! tu-bs ! de>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:32:37 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Reporting bugs
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=106330081112545

kbugbuster in KDESDK


Mikolaj Machowski wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Official way of reporting bugs is: bugs.kde.org,mail-list, mail to author
>
>I understand merits of bugs.kde.org but it has also its drawbacks. Eg. for 
>dial-uper going through all this pages is costly.
>
>Probably in this hot time (preparing stable 3.2 release) nobody will have 
>enough time but it would be good to have mail front end to report bugs.
>Template should looks like:
>
>Summary: moving whole description to summary if summary is empty
>Product: korganizer
>Version: CVS
>Platform: Compiled Sources
>OS/Version: Linux
>Status: UNCONFIRMED
>Severity: normal
>Priority: NOR
>Component: calendar conduits
>ReportedBy: mikmach@wp.pl
>Version:           CVS (using KDE Devel)
>Installed from:    Compiled sources
>Compiler:          gcc 3.2.2 
>OS:          Linux
>
>Description:
>When summary is empty whole description is moved to Summary field. This is 
>disurbing. Better solution would be cut only first line and move it to S.
>
>Beside Description: field all others should be in one line. If field is 
>empty, return to sender with explanation. Also send explanation of all 
>fields and possible values if bugs@kde.org have in subject help or 
>something.
>
>To improve chances of good forms it could have mechanism of one-way mailing 
>list. When subscribing whole insctruction would be send back to subscriber. 
>He/she could use it later as reference.
>
>At least current mechanism of reporting bugs in applications could use kmail 
>and queuing...
>
>m.
>  
>

-- 
Amilcar Lucas



 
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