Hello,
Problem: we now have a good, comfortable and encouraging way to report
problems (the BTS), but no way to report successes, or to send cheers or
kudos. This is unfair! :)
Possible solution: add a "feedback" priority to the BTS which doesn't
count as a bug at all. Then extend reportbug (possibly allowing it to
be called with another name like "feedback" to give it a non-bug
feeling) to report feedback on a given package.
Some predefined forms of feedback could be set up, like "Thank you", "I
like...", "I don't like...", "I'd like to tell a story...". A template
message could be set up with useful questions (Flanagan[1] could inspire
some), like:
----- Report a story message template --------------------
Hello <maintainer>,
I have a story I'd like to share about <package>:
[the story]
[
if you want, please add what made you decide to report the feedback.
Other interesting information you may want to add, if applicable, could
be:
- what led up to the situation
- what you did (or did not do) that was especially effective or
ineffective
- what was the outcome or result of this action
- why was this action effective, or what more effective action might
have been expected
]
Cheers, and keep up the good work!
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The BTS would then open some ticket which could lead to discussions
about how good the package or the maintainer is, and be archived after a
month or so.
Less flames and more good vibes!! :)
(other good vibes are due to come with the survey result, provided I can
find some time to finish the processing (75% done so far) )
Ciao,
Enrico
[1] http://people.debian.org/~enrico/talks/2004linuxtag/zen-paper.html
(one of the last sections)
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