Bug#565219: qa.debian.org: bug history graphs are incorrect
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:10:43AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:49:00 +0200 Mike Hommey wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 03:44:33PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > > Anyway: the documentation seems to state that the option
> > >
> > > --grid-dash 1:0
> > >
> > > will give solid grid lines.
> > >
> > > As far as the other issue is concerned (number of horizontal grid
> > > lines) are you currently using the following option on the new graphs?
> > >
> > > -Y also known as --alt-y-grid
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 04:15:19PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > > Another option that may be nice to use is
> > >
> > > --right-axis 1:0
> > >
> > > This should produce a second vertical axis on the right of the graph,
> > > with scale=1 and shift=0, that is to say an exact copy of the left
> > > vertical axis, if I understand correctly.
> > >
> > > Did you try this option out?
> > > It should make the numeric values of bug counts more easy to read on
> > > the graph, I think...
> >
> > Tried to set all of the above on the new graphs on
> > http://qa.debian.org/data/bts/graphs
>
> They look fairly nice, IMHO.
>
> I am still wondering why the old graphs (the ones currently on
> http://people.debian.org/~glandium/bts ) seem to be still smarter with
> respect to the y-axis grid.
>
> I mean: the old graphs seem to almost always guess optimal y-axis grid
> lines and labels, while the new graphs look nice but not optimal...
Would you have examples of such optimal vs. suboptimal graphs ?
> Have you tried to remove the "-Y also known as --alt-y-grid" option
> and see the default result?
The graphs on merkel are without -Y.
(http://merkel.debian.org/~glandium/bts/)
Mike
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