Am 25.08.2010 13:43, schrieb Dave Neary:
Hi,
Andre Klapper wrote:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Packaging#Bugtracker_location states
"It is possible to [...] use [...] an email address."
No mentioning of size of project.
This just means that an email address will get past the general
packaging check.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing/QA_Checklist#Lack_of_bug_reporting_database states
"An e-mail address for small projects (wallpapers, for example) can be used".
And this says that an email address should only be used for small projects.
Now which one is correct? (Plus the same topic/info with slight
differences spread on different pages is not cool.)
I don't see any inconsistency myself. In the case of mycontacts, the
question comes down to how many bug reports there are - if it's a
couple, then an email address doesn't seem unappropriate. If it's a
couple of dozen, then it probably is.
Asking for clarification because of discussion on
http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_non-free_armel/mycontacts/0.9.13-1/
Understood. Thumbs down isn't a nice way to signal that it'd be better
to use a bug tracker.
IMHO, the use of an email address for bug tracking should not be a
reason to -1 a project, but certainly maintainers should be encouraged
to set up a better bug tracker if they have "rich functionality".
I have to disagree.
As written a few weeks ago at the testingsquad mailing list:
https://garage.maemo.org/pipermail/testingsquad-list/2010-August/000116.html
there are good reasons for bugtrackers and _against_ mail adresses:
> Beside all technical reasons which make a reporting solution failing...
> I never would force developers to do something or not. Even if the
> choice of their preferred way to send bugs is something good for
> themselves (often) but bad for reporters (email).
>
> But here we are talking about the _extras_ repository which _is enabled
> by default_ on the n900 and it shouldn't be only the decision of the
> developer what kind of reporting tool is used.
>
> If the developer _never_ gives a reaction on bug reports...
>
> 1. ...by mail reporters will send more and more reports to the address
> without getting a feedback what is very frustrating.
>
> 2. ...by a tracker like the one in garage the reporter has the chance to
> see what is already reported and a decision to report or not to report
> could be done easily.
>
> Developing apps costs a lot of time and effort but reporting bugs in a
> good way also needs a lot of time. So at least for the apps in extras
> there should be a higher level of reporting possibility than mailing.
Even yesterday I got an email from a developer who wrote that the bug in
his applications is already known but he does not have time to fix it
yet. I bet I was the 5. or maybe 10. guy who was mailing him. I'm able
to understand that people don't have time but that's why I also would
like to see that developers understand that _I_ don't have unlimited
time too.
As solution for this problem I would love to see a whitelist of projects
which allow email adresses:
* themes
* background pictures
* "applications" which only put data into the users directory (e.g. more
ringtones...)
What do you think?
--
Uwe Kaminski
http://internettabletblog.de
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