SI Reasoning wrote:
> This is just a temporary influx of novice helpers who
> are having their first stab at assisting with bug
> reports. We all have our first times and wing it as
> best as we know how. Maybe a simple reporting faq is
> in order to help orient those who want to help?
> 
> I am still trying to learn the ropes myself and only
> get better as I get feedback. The faq should contain
> some basic debugging commands, as well as a link to
> the cooker archive to encourage people to look if
> their problem has already been reported.
> 

8.2 is drawing near, and Cooker has more input. This can only be a good 
thing, sicne it means more people are using it. I think that if a 
question/problem has to do with Cooker, then this is the right place. 
Sometimes I ask more "tech support" type questions when I am reading the 
list when I am tired, so I think that even if a new user's bug reports 
"suck", so again, if it's a bug report about Cooker this is probably the 
right list to stick it on.

Should there be a page on how to write good bug reports? Sure. How do we 
make people read this before subscribing? I don't know, send them an 
email when they subscribe. Have the bug report (URL) as part of this 
message. Since bugzilla is restricted, one still doesn't have a nice way 
to query if a bug is reported if they are a newbie. Due to the high 
volume of the list, I, too, sometimes miss things even though I try to 
"read" the whole thing.

-- 
Sincerely,

David Walluck
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