Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-12 Thread Dr. Cadwell
I definitely agree, that was a workable search setup even if it was a bit slow and awkward. At least it found 89% of what I was looking for. Dr. Cadwell Robert merman wrote: Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi Frank, all, Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany schrieb: [...] We once had a search

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-11 Thread Lars Nooden
Robert Derman wrote: > Many times I have thought that OOo should dump Collab.net for another > vendor. Or at least regular software. /Lars - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-10 Thread Robert Derman
Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi Frank, all, Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany schrieb: [...] We once had a search box at http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html which really queried the issue database, that is, you enter one or more terms, and all issues containing this

[discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-09 Thread Twayne
"Lars Nooden" wrote in message news:4ac8d774.9090...@openoffice.org > Robin Laing wrote: > >> Do you have RFE's or Bug numbers for reference? If they are not >> reported, they cannot/will not be fixed. > > @Twayne: > The UI for the bug reporter is absolutely tedious. However, even > though it's

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany
Hi Drew, > Ok - IMO, the problem may be that on that same page, right at top, is a > link "proceed" in bold and greenso I'm guessing folks hit the page, > mutter because they wanted to submit an issue and don't like having > another page in the middle there, take 3 seconds to see the nice B

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Cor Nouws
Thorsten Behrens wrote (7-10-2009 13:54) Cor Nouws wrote: But I see, somewhere in your lines above, 'UI'. I did not think along that line, but had the idea people request a whole new tracker system ... An more simple IU for quick search, would make it easier to use, yes. yeah, and you put it

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Drew Jensen
Drew Jensen wrote: Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi Frank, all, Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany schrieb: [...] We once had a search box at http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html which really queried the issue database, that is, you enter one or more terms, and all i

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Drew Jensen
Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi Frank, all, Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany schrieb: [...] We once had a search box at http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html which really queried the issue database, that is, you enter one or more terms, and all issues containing this

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi Frank, all, Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany schrieb: [...] We once had a search box at http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html which really queried the issue database, that is, you enter one or more terms, and all issues containing this term in the summary (not

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany
Hi Thorsten, > yeah, and you put it mildly - > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi is an abomination; and the > most important fields, namely summary/description entry, are all the > way down to the bottom ... > > All that stuff at the top, like type/component/status, is more than > irrelev

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Cor Nouws wrote: > But I see, somewhere in your lines above, 'UI'. I did not think along > that line, but had the idea people request a whole new tracker system ... > An more simple IU for quick search, would make it easier to use, yes. > Hi Cor, yeah, and you put it mildly - http://qa.openoffic

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Thorsten, thanks for writing, Thorsten Behrens wrote (7-10-2009 11:23) Cor Nouws wrote: But since appr. 35% of entered issues is not correct (duplicate, invalid, works for me, wontfix)(*) I doubt that making it more easy to enter issues really will help the project. [...] Hi Cor, I

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-07 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Cor Nouws wrote: > But since appr. 35% of entered issues is not correct (duplicate, > invalid, works for me, wontfix)(*) I doubt that making it more easy to > enter issues really will help the project. > > [...] > Hi Cor, I concur with Patrick & others that artificially limiting the inflow of

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-06 Thread Dr. R. M. Cadwell
Good Day Folks: While I do not often post I joined this list to learn and help where I could. I too agree that thee bug tracking system is untenable. Over the past three years I have attempted to report s, count 'em 6 issues, two in just the past year. At _/*NO TIME*/_ was I able to even fin

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-06 Thread Patrick Desaunay
Dear Cor, and Others, My feeling about the duplicate is that it would be reduced a lot if finding equivalent bugs is simplified. Moreover, voting would be easier, and thus probably help to set up priorities based on quality (user experience). At this moment, the way priority is established for

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-06 Thread Cor Nouws
Mike Scott wrote (6-10-2009 9:47) Robert Derman wrote: For ordinary users, the currant bug reporting system is worse than worthless! I would suspect that 95% + just give up and never try to report any bugs using it. If we don't toss it and replace it with something totally different, th

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-06 Thread Mike Scott
Robert Derman wrote: For ordinary users, the currant bug reporting system is worse than worthless! I would suspect that 95% + just give up and never try to report any bugs using it. If we don't toss it and replace it with something totally different, the only way we will ever get a worki

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-05 Thread Robert Derman
Twayne wrote: "Lars Nooden" wrote in message news:4ac8d774.9090...@openoffice.org Robin Laing wrote: Do you have RFE's or Bug numbers for reference? If they are not reported, they cannot/will not be fixed. @Twayne: The UI for the bug reporter is absolutely tedious. However,

[discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-04 Thread Twayne
"Lars Nooden" wrote in message news:4ac8d774.9090...@openoffice.org > Robin Laing wrote: > >> Do you have RFE's or Bug numbers for reference? If they are not >> reported, they cannot/will not be fixed. > > @Twayne: > The UI for the bug reporter is absolutely tedious. However, even > though it's