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