Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007, Bastian Venthur wrote:
> I know this is gonna be flamed down, but I'm feelin' brave today so
> let's try it anyway:
> 4) put an reportbug-ng icon on the desktop by default on every
> fresh installation
> I know this smells like the classic AOL-Button on every Windows-Desktop,
> but with our *users* in mind, it might be worth a try -- post-etch of
> course and when reportbug-ng is stable enough.
While I wouldn't go as far as adding a permanent "there are bugs in
your operating system" icon on the desktop, I agree reportbug(-ng) is
not visible enough for newcomers. Concerning GNOME, the bug-buddy tool
is not visible in any menu by default, but pops up when an application
crashes (and a SIGSEGV is caught). I think we lack some integration in
this area, there is definitely room for improvement such as collecting
package versions, or sending bug-buddy reports to a .debian.org gateway
(which may simply forward them upstream but collect some stats for us
for example).
Concerning visibility, Ubuntu does something very Windowish and I find
the feature great: you get a welcome screen in the default GNOME you
get after the installation. This seems to be a kind of mini-help
center, a short presentation of Ubuntu. It's nice and polished, and I
think this where we must be passing our messages, one of them being
"hey, help us improve Debian by submitting good bugs".
--
Loïc Minier
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