Bugreporting barrier is too low with the new Dr. Konqi

[John Tapsell]

2009/11/4 Darío Andrés <andresbajotierra at gmail.com>:
> Ok, I have currently implemented some features in order to improve the
> situation:
>
> - The duplicate list that DrKonqi provides should be smarter and a bit
> smaller (as it uses a stricter query to bugzilla)
> - The duplicate list now includes the bug status in a tag, with
> no-jargon (ex ."[Open]", "[Fixed]", "[Already Reported]", "[Invalid]")
> - When you want to open a possible duplicate report, if that report
> "X" is already marked as duplicate of another report "Z", you can
> choose to show the report you wanted to open ("X") or the main report
> ("Z") <- Resolving nested duplicate levels
>
> Other fixes that I have coded but I haven't commited yet:
>
> - If there are possible duplicates listed and the user didn't selected
> anyone, nor marked anyone to attach the new information to it, a
> messagebox will appear asking if he is sure.

This might not be enough to dissuade people from just creating a dupe :)


How about just offering to add people's nick to the CC list?
Most people reporting a bug will find a dupe, and simply want to add
their email to the CC list, without adding any useful information.  Do
you allow for that?

John