Bugzilla order of sections when entering a new bug

Nate Graham nate at kde.org
Wed Jun 19 19:01:39 BST 2019



On 6/19/19 11:30 AM, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> El dimarts, 18 de juny de 2019, a les 15:05:50 CEST, Boudewijn Rempt va escriure:
>> I was just entering a bug for Krita when I suddenly realized why I'm getting two, three or more reports a day with no information in the description at all. The duplicates block is so large that it pushes the description field out of sight -- and the result is that people don't see and try to cram their entire report in the summary line.
>>
>> Would it be possible to switch the two blocks in the bug report template?
> 
> Are you sure that this is what happening?
> 
> I mean before you start writing the summary you can clearly see the Description field. Sure when you write something into it the duplicates area may push it away, but do people forget about the Description so fast?
> 
> I don't think it makes sense moving the duplicates block after Description, the idea of the duplicates block is that you write the subject, then you get a suggestion of duplicates and say "oh yes, this is a duplicate of my bug" and thus you don't need to write the whole big text.
> 
> Maybe we can explore making the duplicate list smaller/scrollable/collapsible?
> 
> Also, if people are submitting the bug, they are scrolling down, seeing the Description field and ignoring it anyway.

I tend to agree.

Could we maybe have the page throw an error if the template hasn't been 
changed at all when you click the "Submit" button

Nate




More information about the kde-community mailing list