Anything that means I spend less time hunting down information and more time debugging would be useful.
- Alfred Joel Dickson wrote: > Ok Alfred, bug tracking is something that there is a lot of open > source > stuff out there to take care of, and its not to hard to get going if > you > have a large group of people willing to put an hour or two in a week > each. If the community were to come up with something themselves, > would > valve back it? (i.e. refer users to it, and have some staff on hand > that > would provide feed back) > > I think this comes back to the old flaming argument of valve vs GSPs > and > who owes who. > > I think that if us GSPs were to startup something like this ourselves > it > would be a great tool for us, but if it's not taken any notice of by > valve then it no use anyone, i.e. it just becomes a giant list of > problems with little no fixes. > > And with Valves current attitude with support services to GSPs I doubt > they'll ever come out with something like this as it would mean very > little ROI to them (I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I'm just saying > that's a fact of life), so even if it is on their agenda I'm guessing > it > always going to take 2nd set to other projects. > > So do you think Valve would support a community project like this > Alfred? And if so how far would they go in supporting it? > > > Joel. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred > Reynolds > Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2006 4:00 PM > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] reporting bugs (question to valve/alfred) > > It could be useful if it: > - isn't full of spam > - contains unique bugs (not duplicates) > - has extensive information about the problem (ways to reproduce it, > screenshots/logs, platform details, people to contact to chase the > problem up) > - has a strong editorial staff/person enforcing the above 3 > > Someone was surprised a couple days ago when I asked about a bug, it > is > because this list can become "verbose", I don't read every post fully. > Having something like this filter out the flame wars would certainly > help. > > We are actually working on something internally that may enable this, > but I don't have a solid timeframe on it right now. > > - Alfred > > Kyle Lutze wrote: >> Hell, I'm sure a lot of people would be willing to host it / post >> bugs properly and manage duplicated threads on their own time, >> alfred: you think it's worthy? >> >> I at least think it would be a great, if not just to let people know >> what's being worked on and to keep track of the status. >> >> Kyle >> >> >> Stan Bubrouski wrote: >>> It probably has to do with the fact that steam support can be used >>> for this (I think) and the fact that they would probably get about >>> 1000 new bug reports a week, and ahhh probably can't staff that ;-) >>> >>> -sb >>> >>> On 1/16/06, Evaldas Zilinskas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Great idea. I agree. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Erik Hollensbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:37 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] reporting bugs (question to valve/alfred) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jan 16, 2006, at 1:39 PM, Marcel wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hey, >>>>>> >>>>>> wouldn't it be much better setting up a bugtracking service like >>>>>> mantis or bugzilla? This would bring more clarity and a better >>>>>> overview of outstanding bugs or feature requests. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think someone should invest some minutes on this. >>>>> >>>>> This is a great idea! If used properly, it could also double as a >>>>> knowledge base for commonly encountered issues. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Erik Hollensbe >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
