How do I report a bug? (Re: [Python-Dev] Distutils documentation amputated in 2.2 docs?) (original) (raw)

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@acm.org
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 22:57:38 -0500

Tim Peters writes:

We have no control over either -- SF lets us put words there, but that's all. I added another paragraph:

We can do a little more; see the Expat tracker's "Submit New" page for an example that enhances the presentation a bit:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=10127&atid=110127

One catch, of course, is that the extra blurb is always shown, even for people that are already logged in (I suspect the majority of use is by the development team); the farther down the page we push the actual bug information, the harder it is for developers to use.

We need to think about the tradeoff; it is important to encourage good reports from people interested in providing them and willing to do so.

-Fred

-- Fred L. Drake, Jr. PythonLabs at Zope Corporation