Hi. This is a bit off-topic for XDoclet. Brett/Mike, maybe you could create a new issue in JIRA's JIRA where this discussion could be continued? (If there isn't one already). Anyway, my comments are below.
----- Original Message ----- From: Brett Joseph Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2002 7:08 am Subject: Re: [Xdoclet-user] HOWTO: Log issues in JIRA > On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:50:39PM +0200, Aslak Helles�y wrote: > > Some people find it difficult to log issues (bugs, feature requests, > > patches) in JIRA. Here is a howto: > > Ok, can I get some feedback from those of you who are having > trouble logging bugs as to where on this howto you got upto? > > > 1) Go to http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/xdoclet/ > > I must admit that on first glance there is no screaming "Click > here to log a bug" on the project page. Would having "Log a bug" > next to each project be more obvious? > Definitely. -But then you should see the 3 other issue types too. Seeing only "Log a bug" would be inconsistent IMHO. > > 2) If you haven't got an account in this JIRA system, create one by > > following the "Signup" link. Then log in. > > Needing to login to create issues is possibly a non intuitive step. > Sure, it helps heaps from the point of view of the people fixing > the bugs, for the ability to contact bug loggers et al. > > If the logging in step were deferred until a later stage, would this > help? > Isn't this just a matter of configuration of each project? I think it's possible to allow non-logged-in postings of new issues. > > 3) Follow the "New Issue" link at the top of the page. > > "New Issue" is a nice catchall. But is it what you bug loggers > are looking for? Would "Log a bug" in red in the middle of the > page be more what you are looking for? > Either "Log a Bug" + "Log a Feature Request" + "Log a Task" + "Submit a patch" or change the current "New Issue" to "Log New Issue". > > 4) Select the project (XDoclet, XJavadoc...) > > 5) Select the issue type > > Bug: You have discovered some incorrect behaviour in the > > software. > > New Feature: You'd like to see some new feature. > > Task: You want to record "something to do" for the > developers.> Improvement: You want to contribute with some > code. Maybe a bugfix. (also > > known as patch). > > 6) Click the "Next>>" button > > Ok, this page may be in need of a bit more explanatory detail. > Would > this help? I'm thinking the above explanation could be added... > > > 7) Fill in as much info as you can on this page. > > For a normal bug reporter, there are questions on this page > that should probably be below the fold. Would cutting this page > down in size be helpful? > I think that if people make it this far, they'll know what to do. > > 8) Click the "Create" button. > > I never would have imagined this howto was necessary. I guess > this is a > > "usability" bug in JIRA. > > Anything else you guys can think to make this process easier would > also be appreciated... > > > Aslak > > brett > Aslak > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Xdoclet-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xdoclet-user > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Xdoclet-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xdoclet-user
