On 2016-04-08 03:55:33, Peter Nowee wrote: > On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 04:08:57PM -0400, anarcat wrote:
[... about unstable vs stable ... fine with that.] >> We are doing a poor job at helping people file bugs, generally. I >> usually point people to: >> >> https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting >> >> but that's a little horrible as well... > > bugs.debian.org/xscreensaver links to www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting as > well ("If you find a bug not listed here, please report it."). > > I think it's best if people first land on a page listing the existing > bug reports, before they file a new one. Hmm.. well, the point here, in my opinion, is to teach users about reportbug which *does* that for you. Of course users can file bug by sending an email from scratch, but that's much harder to do. I haven't actually noticed the "report it" button there, and I looked at that page probably hundreds of times. >> Not sure what the best fix is here, but pointing people to >> bugs.d.o/xscreensaver will certainly not help our users. :) > > Based on the above, I think it is not so bad. Okay well, I tried. :) Maybe you're right then... > In case an alternative is considered, but the URL is too long, perhaps > an URL shortener may be considered: https://wiki.debian.org/deb.li I don't think that is necessary. a. -- Il faut respecter le noir. Rien ne le prostitue. Il est agent de l'esprit bien plus que la belle couleur de la palette ou du prisme. - Odilon Redon
