FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Additional bug report info

[Charlie Clark <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 02.09.2007 um 19:30 schrieb Humdinger:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ who he?

> Hi there!
>
> When filing bug reports in Trac, it's easily forgotten to include  
> the number of the build that's been tested. So, why not make it an  
> obligatory text field? I'll file an enhancement for that along with  
> what may come of this thread.
As the unofficial maintainer of Haiku's Trac system I can say that is  
a good idea. However, I am not sure when I will implement this and  
other requested changes as they require a slight change to Trac's  
data model.
> I also think a user's system setup may be important to evaluate a  
> bug. It could be stored in his profile. In fact, we'll have to  
> provide for filing more than one setup, if the
> user tests on more than one machine. Filing a bug report will  
> require at least one filled
> out system setup form.
> What data is needed? Here are my picks, add what you deem important  
> or what you think is
> not needed:
I think the reason why bug trackers do not routinely contain such  
information in user profiles is that they quickly become outdated and  
may not be that useful anyway. Plus loads of bugs will have nothing  
whatsoever to do with the hardware. Much better to have some  
diagnostics program that can extract *all* relevant information if  
required. This should also make writing tests easier.
> - A list with all the user's system setups from his profile. At  
> least one entry has to be
> checkmarked to indicate what system has been tested. [Have the  
> entries linked to the
> profile for easy editing.]
>
> - We should also add a menu for the environment Haiku runs in:  
> native or
> emulation{QEMU|VMware|VirtualBox|Virtual PC|Live PC|BeBochs}
This could probably be added if required.

> I also considered re-using the data of the system setup profile to  
> build a database by
> having the user judge the compatibility of each component. However,  
> I figured that the
> information would quickly become outdated and unreliable, so...
Indeed.

> Anyway, these are my thoughts. What about yours?
> Humdinger
Real names rule! ;-)

Charlie
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