David,

I added a comment to my earlier bug/feature report - but it didn't show up
on the page.

Jim

on 17/2/02 9:46 pm, David A. Bayly at dbayly@udena.ch wrote:

> Read on the web at http://community.scriptmeridian.org/16087
> ----------------------------------
>
> OK, I added a field called Additional Details, which is available to
> the bug reporter at reporting time and in edit this page mode. I'm
> wondering if it should be indexed and available to be in the search.
> Technically its easy eitehr way.
>
> But I think there should be a clear difference between the
> information posted by a bug reporter and by others commenting. on a
> report, so I kept the annotate button for now.
>
> I've come to see that what I have built is a system to make support
> requests; which is not the same thing as a bug report or a simple
> observation about a coding or design issue, or a difficulty to be
> worked around.
>
> Some more volunteers to add 1 or 2 reports and to make some critical
> feedback would be very useful
>
>> Read on the web at http://community.scriptmeridian.org/16082
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> After posting a (very old!!) bug to the experimental Bugz database
>> (http://www.baylys.com:8080/bugz/), I have a few more comments.
>>
>> The present fields don't allow for either discussion or a proposed
>> fix. In the particular bug I posted, I actually created a fix (way
>> back when), and communicated it to Userland.
>>
>> Having the "magic three" bits of information in explicit fields is
>> probably unnecessary, and is unecessarily restrictive. Though it
>> does allow the system to require that something is entered for each
>> of them. I'd be inclined to do one of the following:
>>
>> Replace the three entry fields with a single one, with a name like Details.
>> Retain the three entry fields, but add an additional field (with a
>> name like Details) to allow general notes, bug fixes, and
>> workarounds to be entered.
>>
>>
>> I did add information using the Annotate button, but that's somewhat
>> awkward for the purpose (and the comments didn't show up).
>>
>> - Sam
>


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