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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: About boxes
From:       David Sweet <dsweet () chaos ! umd ! edu>
Date:       1999-04-22 19:50:01
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Andreas Pour wrote:
>Stephan Kulow wrote:
>
>[ ... ]
>
[ ... ]
>> Bug reports should go to submit@bugs.kde.org, no matter what. We have to
>> address
>> this in using an URL in the about KDE box, which opens a mail with
>> already
>>
>> To: submit@bugs.kde.org
>>
>> Package: kfm
>> Version: ...
>>
>> in it, if this is possible.
>
>So perhaps it would be a good idea to have *2* separate links in the standard kde-libs
>About box (which applications would use).  One for "contact the author" and another for
>"submit a bug report".  The "bug report" submission link could actually work as follows:
>
>        (i)  the About box class would exec a bug-report cgi script, passing as
>parameters the program name and version number
>        (ii)  the cgi script would add host system info -- like OS, OS version, processor
>type, date, etc. -- and the program name/version to a bug report submission form
>        (iii) the cgi script would display the form for approval/editing/submission using
>a configurable browser
>        (iv)  the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form would send the form
>information to "submit@bugs.kde.org".
>
>Regards,
>
>Andreas Pour

I think this is better (ignore my last message! :)  As the program passes hands
the new maintainers can always change the addresses or whatever....

Why use a script, though?  Is the point to make is easier for a more advanced
user to change the default bug-submission mechanism on his/her system?  Why use
cgi, though?  Why not just place the info as text in a kmail composer? 

Question:  What if the bug is in the app which is being used for submission? 
Use mail maybe?


Dave

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