Hi, sorry for the delay, I was away for most of July. I have however not
forgotten you.
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:41:38AM -0400, A. Costa wrote:
> 2) More difficult. We rewrite the bug using what we've learned, and open
> a new one, phrased so it's harder to misunderstand.
>
> 3) Difficulty uncertain. When you believe upstream is mistaken, vote
> against them if possible, and take the time to tell them they're
> mistaken. If upstream is sensitive or contentious, that probably should
> be a last resort.
I believe that your solution #2 is the best one. Voting against or arguing
with the upstream developer is unlikely to solve this bug faster. Sebastian
isn't paid for his work on K3b so getting into arguments is most likely
reducing the amount of fun he gets from this project, which in turns would
slow the project down.
> "0" votes... Question: was F. Marier, Debain maintainer, able to vote
> for this bug?
Yes I am able to vote for bugs, however I don't believe that the upstream
developer uses the number of votes to prioritize bugs. Therefore, I only
use this feature to be notified of activity for bugs where I am not the
"owner".
So what I'd like to do is to rewrite the description of the bug and submit a
new one upstream. Of course, I'd like your opinion on the following before
I send it over:
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There is a confusing message from K3b whenever the user tries to burn a Data
CD project on a blank DVD-R (or vice-versa). The message looks like:
Waiting for Disk - K3b
Found media: DVD-R
Please insert an empty or appendable CD-R medium into drive ...
Two Debian users have reported being confused by this message and not being
sure what to do. A. Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggested to clarify this
dialog box in the following way:
Instead of saying "Waiting for disc", if K3B was expecting a different disc,
the title bar could say:
Wrong disc type
...and follow with an explanation like:
The drive contains a 'foo' disc,
but your current K3B Project is set up for a 'bar' disc.
To continue remove the 'foo' disc and insert
the correct 'bar' disc.
...that way the user knows, and also knows that K3B knows:
1) There is a disc in the drive.
2) It's the wrong kind.
3) The kind needed is 'bar'.
4) How to fix it.
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Thanks for you time,
Francois
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