Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:46:15 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Redirecting the "Send a bug report" link to the article on filing PRs Message-ID: <20031118154615.3484bd1e.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20031118203630.GA401@arthur.nitro.dk> References: <3FBA5699.707@potentialtech.com> <20031118123758.507c4a96.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031118203630.GA401@arthur.nitro.dk>
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:36:31 +0100 "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 2003.11.18 12:37:58 -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:27:53 -0500 > > Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > > > > > I was going to file a PR for this, but then I realized that there may be some > > > reason that it hasn't been done yet, and I figured I'd ask. > > > > > > The "Send a bug report" link on the home page currently goes to a page that > > > announces that the web interface to send-pr is down. Like many others, I > > > am aware of the problems the web interface has caused, and I don't have a > > > solution on how to fix it (although I'd like to see it come back up). > > > > > > However, until someone comes up with a good fix and implements it, would > > > it be an improvement to have this link go to this article: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.html > > > This is a good substitute for not having a web interface, and actually, it > > > should be required reading, even if the web interface comes back up. > > > > FWIW, I think the suggestion here has merit; if there are no objections > > I would like to do this later on today. > > To make the front page a bit less clobbered, I have actually been > thinking about simply removing the 'Bug Reports' section of the menu, > and just have a single 'Bug Reports' menuitem under the Support menu > section (or some other section). That single menu item would link to > http://www.freebsd.org/support.html#gnats . Just my opinion... > > BTW, I also think it could be nice if we turn the web send-pr form back > on, since many people have been requesting it - as long as we monitor it > closely, so we can pull the plug if it gets abused again. Perhaps the front page could do with a bit of cleanup, like you mentioned. I've been tossing around the idea of adding a technologies menu, and then listing some of the ports (ports as in ia64, etc) below it. Perhaps I'll whip up a replacement and send out a patch, see what everyone else thinks of it. Sound reasonable? -- Tom Rhodes
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