Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:55:37 -0700 | From | "Natalie Protasevich" <> | Subject | Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel? |
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On 6/18/07, Martin Bligh <mbligh@mbligh.org> wrote: > > Sure, simplicity is a key - but most of reporters on bugs are pretty > > professional folks (or very well rounded amateurs :) We can try still > > why not? the worst that can happen will be empty fields. > > mmm. added complexity and interface clutter for little or no benefit > is what I'm trying to avoid - they did that in the IBM bugzilla and > it turned into a big ugly unusable monster. You can call me either > "experienced" or "bitter" depending what mood you're in ;-) > > Not sure I'd agree that most of the bug submitters are all that > professional, it's a very mixed bag. > > > Maybe searching free text fields can then be implemented. Then every > > message exchange in bugzilla can be used for extracting such info - > > questions about HW specifics are asked a lot, almost in every one. > > It's a shame we cant' use this information. I was once searching for > > "VIA" and got "zero bugs found", but in reality there are hundreds! > > Probably something that makes sense to bring up with bugzilla project? > > That should work now ... seems to for me. > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=VIA&kernel_version_type=allwordssubstr&kernel_version=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=REJECTED&bug_status=DEFERRED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=CLOSED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=®ression=both&cmdtype=doit&order=Bug+Number&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= > > Produces a metric-buttload of results. Go to the advanced search option > and do "A Comment" contains the string "VIA". By default "Status" is > only set to do open bugs, which you might want to change to all types.
Yes it works great! Thanks... I'd say this should be really a default search, because first search screen is misleading - it promises find all for any "words" :)
> > > However, I've been working with other bugzillas (have to admit they > > were mostly company/corporate), where this was a required field that > > didn't seem to cause difficulties. I am planning to do some more > > research and get some more ideas from other bugzillas. I suppose we > > can have them discussed and revised sometime. > > Would be good, thanks. I tend to favour keeping things as simple as > possible though, we have very little control over our users, and they're > a very broad base. Making the barrier to entry for use as low as > possible is the design we've been pursuing.
Actually, as long as search above is possible - it is going to work.
I must say the new bugzilla interface is very nice in general, and well designed and easy to use.
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