On Mar 11, 2012, at 3:26 AM, Niko Sams wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to talk about an idea on how DrKonqi (which is a really > useful thing btw) could be > further improved. > In short: DrKonqi shouldn't create bugs directly but talk to a "layer" > between. > > DrKonqi -> crashes.kde.org -> bugs.kde.org > > crashes.kde.org is a new web application - a bit similar to bugzilla: > - lists all reported crashes with intelligent filtering duplicates > - developers can set duplicates > - developers can link a crash to a bug (or create automatically a bug > for a crash) > - developers can enter a solution (that will be presented to the user > that hits this crash) > eg.: > - "update to version x.y" > - "temporary workaround: don't click button x" > - "you missconfigured x, see http://y.com how to fix" > - "the developers are aware of this issue but have not yet fixed > it, see http://bugs.kde.org/... for details" > - "the bug is fixed but an update has not yet been released. > Update to version x.y once it released." > - comments can be added by users and developers (to ask how to reproduce etc) > > For the end user there could be the following scenarios: > - user posts the crash, crashes.kde.org finds a duplicate crash in > it's database and will tell the > user on how to proceed (see possible solutions above) > - user posts the crash, crashes.kde.org can't find an exact duplicate > and will show the user > all possible duplicates > - user posts the crash, crashes.kde.org doesn't find a duplicate. User > gets the possibility to > subscribe to updates for this crash to get an email when a solution > for his crash was entered > by the developers > > One big difference in implementation I would propose: > DrKonqi makes a *single* POST to crashes.kde.org including all > information and then just shows > a WebView where the server side can do anything. That gives greater > independence of the used > KDE version and changes on the server side. > > Advantages over current solution: > - bugs.kde.org isn't filled with duplicates > - crashes.kde.org can be specialized on crashes > - sending a crash would not only help developers fixing that bug but > also help the user by showing > a solution for his issue. > > What software could crashes.kde.org run? I'm not sure, maybe a > bugzilla installation or something > custom written. Or some other bugtracking software. > > So, what do you think? > Niko >
Ubuntu has something similar iirc, same goes with the Linux Kernel project. (I recall hearing about it a couple years ago while at Google, so my memory could be a little fuzzy….) -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. =============================================================== Developer and Project Lead for the AltimatOS open source project Volunteer Developer for the KDE open source project See http://www.altimatos.com/ and http://www.kde.org/ for more information =============================================================== Please avoid sending me MS Office attachments.
