Ubuntu Bugzilla to Malone (Launchpad) migration complete

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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On 17 Jan, 2006, at 7:27 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> ...
> * Launchpad should not require me to periodically log in again.

<https://launchpad.net/products/launchpad/+bug/28540>

> * All of the displays are hopelessly wasteful of real estate.
>   Furniture and navigation should be minimal and confined to the top
>   and bottom of of the window.  The full with of the window should be
>   used for displaying data.  This applies to the lists (eg, search
>   results) and to the bugs themselves.

<https://wiki.launchpad.canonical.com/MatthewPaulThomas/ 
DesignProblems#layout>

> * Bug text should be rendered in a fixed-width font.

We could, but I don't think that would satisfy anyone saying that we  
should, because they also mean (or, in the case of backtraces, *really*  
mean) "line breaks should happen only where I type them". And that  
isn't possible as long as we have the current page layout.

> * The inability to easily edit the bug URL to go to a different bug
>   is a significant useability reduction compared to Bugzilla and
>   Debian.  (This is something one does very very often.)

You can easily edit the bug URL to go to a different bug. Your context  
might be one where the other bug isn't filed, but you can still read it  
and click on the links etc.

> * Rendering bugs (eg, in
>   https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/27783
>   the URL overflows the area intended for the bug text).

<https://launchpad.net/products/launchpad/+bug/929>
(In your example, the problem happens only in Gecko, but other examples  
happen regardless of browser.)

> * The phrases `Fix Requested In' and `Request fix' seem meaningless to
>   me.  I'm scared to try out clicking on `Request fix' in case it does
>   something stupid.  Presumably these could be translated into
>   some more standard terminology ?
> ...

There is no standard terminology for this part of what Malone does,  
which is asking for the bug to be fixed in multiple places (e.g. in  
packages of multiple distributions). Suggestions for more obvious  
wording would be useful, though.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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