launchpad +filebug redirect

[Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi]

People who are not interested in reading text already click the link
to file a bug immediately, since there is a link to it in
ReportingBugs. Creating another wiki page would reduce the amount of
text people would have to read, without removing the instructions for
those who want to file good bug reports.
Adding to this, we could tell them to run "ubuntu-bug <package>" where
<package> is found according to Bugs/FindRightPackage, or to run
"ubuntu-bug" if they are not sure, and follow the instructions.

What would be ideal is that the user follow these steps:
1. Run "ubuntu-bug".
2. The current window opens, but with two more options: "Application
problem" and "Specific package problem (advanced)".
2a. Choosing "Application problem" will open a window where you can
drag-and-drop an application from the menu.
2b. Choosing "Specific package problem" will show a text entry where
the user can type the package name.
3. If the user still can't know the specific problem, an alert shows
and warns him that filing a bug without a package is not recommended,
with a checkbox named: "This bug is about an application that needs
packaging".

Thank you,
Mohamed Amine IL Idrissi

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Krzysztof Klimonda <kklimonda at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 17:13 +0000, Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi wrote:
>> Maybe we could redirect them to another wiki page that explains that
>> this is not the recommended way to report a bug, and then give them a
>> link to file a bug anyway, and a link to ReportingBugs.
>
> But that would defeat the purpose of ReportingBug page as most visitors
> wouldn't ever read it but click the link to file a bug immediately.
> People who have problems are not interested in reading text, they just
> want to get their it fixed. Unfortunately this way they file low quality
> reports that make our work harder and most of us are not full-time bug
> triagers. We already get more reports we can really deal with (i.e.
> triage and fix in stable release) anyway.
>
> Cheers,
>  KK
>
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