Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system

2006-08-23 Thread Philipp Riegger
On Aug 23, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Alec Warner wrote: On the plus side it would be much easier to find duplicate bugs since the titles would be uniform. I think this is an interesting point. I'd like to have something like a specialised bug system for ebuilds, where you have to enter the packa

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system

2006-08-23 Thread Alec Warner
Philipp Riegger wrote: > On Aug 16, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Mike Bonar wrote: > >> On the plus side it would be much easier to find duplicate bugs since >> the titles would be uniform. > > I think this is an interesting point. I'd like to have something like a > specialised bug system for ebuilds, wher

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system

2006-08-23 Thread Philipp Riegger
On Aug 16, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Mike Bonar wrote: On the plus side it would be much easier to find duplicate bugs since the titles would be uniform. I think this is an interesting point. I'd like to have something like a specialised bug system for ebuilds, where you have to enter the package

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-20 Thread Jeffrey Forman
On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 13:29 +0200, Jakub Moc wrote: > Simon Stelling wrote: > > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > >> I already suggested an bug-reporting tool, which automatically > >> collects all the necessary data, several weeks ago. This tool is > >> simply called by commandline and asks the users severa

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-17 Thread Marius Mauch
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:11:24 +0200 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > You should look for existing tools which could be enhanced before > > suggesting a new one. `bugz post` (from www-client/pybugz) allows > > you to submit a new bug report f

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:29:40 +0200 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > No java available on alpha, arm, hppa, m68k, mips, | > sh, or sparc. Seven strikes and you are out twice over... | | hmm, AFAIK kaffe should support those platforms (didn't ever | worked on them). Nope. | Well

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Stephen P. Becker
> Well, I don't see the current lack of an proper java runtime > on certain platforms an real blocker for some additional tool. Uhh...I'm not even sure what I can say in response to such an asinine statement. > Java generally is designed for a very wide range of platforms > and architectures. If

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Stephen P. Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > * Jean-Fran???ois Gagnon Laporte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > > > > > >> You know that java is not available on all arch that Gentoo > >> supports right ? > > > > Which one ? > > See tcort's reply. Okay, now

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:10:16 +0200 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | AFAIK there are opensource JVMs which should run on almost all | platforms, ie. kaffe. And yet again, you demonstrate that you know Jack. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail: ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:11:24 +0200 > Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm working on my own tool, written in java. > > That's great. Have you or are you going to setup a project page > somewhere (maybe sourceforge.net)? Not yet. Would

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Stephen P. Becker
Enrico Weigelt wrote: > * Jean-Fran�ois Gagnon Laporte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > >> You know that java is not available on all arch that Gentoo >> supports right ? > > Which one ? See tcort's reply. No java available on alpha, arm, hppa, m68k, mips, sh, or sparc. Seven strikes and

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Jean-François Gagnon Laporte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > You know that java is not available on all arch that Gentoo > supports right ? Which one ? cu -- - Enrico Weigelt== metux IT service - http://www.metux.d

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Thomas Cort
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:11:24 +0200 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on my own tool, written in java. That's great. Have you or are you going to setup a project page somewhere (maybe sourceforge.net)? You should be aware that java isn't available on every platform that Gento

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Jean-François Gagnon Laporte
On 8/16/06, Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I personally dislike python, and I'm not skilled enough in this language. So I'm not the right one for coding @ pybugz. But I'm working on my own tool, written in java. It's not very good yet (currently can only file new bugs), but it's from

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > You should look for existing tools which could be enhanced before > suggesting a new one. `bugz post` (from www-client/pybugz) allows you > to submit a new bug report from the command line. Why don't you go and > patch that to do all of the automated thi

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Alastair Tse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Somehow I believe that most people will encounter bugs when on the > command line, so being able to search/post in bugzilla from the command > line is a pretty natural extension. ACK. The query could be done based on the answers from the user. The

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Mike Bonar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I think this is an excellent idea. I wrote an automated trouble > ticketing system years ago for the mainframe and it's an excellent way > to get quality information into the system. The one drawback was that > we ended up having a lot more bugs en

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system

2006-08-16 Thread Alec Warner
I think this is an excellent idea. I wrote an automated trouble ticketing system years ago for the mainframe and it's an excellent way to get quality information into the system. The one drawback was that we ended up having a lot more bugs entered into the system. Once you have the shell i

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Alastair Tse
On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 13:18 +0200, Simon Stelling wrote: > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > I already suggested an bug-reporting tool, which automatically > > collects all the necessary data, several weeks ago. This tool is > > simply called by commandline and asks the users several questions. > > Then

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Thomas Cort
You should look for existing tools which could be enhanced before suggesting a new one. `bugz post` (from www-client/pybugz) allows you to submit a new bug report from the command line. Why don't you go and patch that to do all of the automated things you want it to do and then come back and show u

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system

2006-08-16 Thread Mike Bonar
Enrico Weigelt wrote: * Jakub Moc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: That somehow looks like the guided file-a-new-bug form we had some time ago. It's still there, just not linked from homepage (and needs a few touches here and there) http://bugs.gentoo.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Jakub Moc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > That somehow looks like the guided file-a-new-bug form we had some time > > ago. > > It's still there, just not linked from homepage (and needs a few touches > here and there) > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided > http://bugs.gen

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Simon Stelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: Hi, > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > >I already suggested an bug-reporting tool, which automatically > >collects all the necessary data, several weeks ago. This tool is > >simply called by commandline and asks the users several questions. > >Then it files

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Jakub Moc
Simon Stelling wrote: > Enrico Weigelt wrote: >> I already suggested an bug-reporting tool, which automatically >> collects all the necessary data, several weeks ago. This tool is >> simply called by commandline and asks the users several questions. >> Then it files an bug with some certain syntax

Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Simon Stelling
Enrico Weigelt wrote: I already suggested an bug-reporting tool, which automatically collects all the necessary data, several weeks ago. This tool is simply called by commandline and asks the users several questions. Then it files an bug with some certain syntax and uploads necessary informatio

[gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations]

2006-08-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Denis Dupeyron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: Hi folks, just a few thoughts: > So yes, I'd love to see something like this someday. And I'd love to > help implementing it if such a decision was taken. But the question > remains : it obviously looks useful, but do we need it ? I already suggeste