Hi, I would make a distinction between bugs that reduce usability and those where a feature is totally non-functional. If we have features that are non-functional, they should be fixed immediately or removed.
However, Uwe makes a good point about non-English speakers having nowhere to go for support. An email contact is one solution, however it has the disadvantage of depending on one person to be responsible for a language. Perhaps a multilingual web forum would also solve this problem. I manage a couple of forums and they are fairly easy to set up. I can look for a place to host it if everyone likes the idea. I have always thought that we need to encourage more participation by JUMP users. Unfortunately, the jump-users list discussions were dominated early on by developers. The jump-pilot-devel list has helped with that problem, but now the jump-users list seems to be mostly quiet. I think that most casual users of OpenJump are put off by the effort it takes to monitor discussion lists, and that they would be more likely to participate in a forum where they can search for solutions or post a question (hopefully in their own language). regards, Larry Becker On 8/16/07, Uwe Dalluege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > the problem is not to find an bug, the problem is to fix it > because we all have less time. > > The "normal user" can find bugs but I think it is > a problem for not English-speaken people to report a bug. > > So my suggestion: > > We need on the OpenJUMP page > http://openjump.org/wiki/show/HomePage > > a link where people can send a mail in > there national language > Maybe one e-mail address for each language. > The person behind this e-mail-address > test this error, translate it to English and put it to the bug-tracker. > > If you like, after my vacation, I can take the German-part of this job. > > Regards, > > Uwe > > Stefan Steiniger schrieb: > > Hei, > > > > but in general Larry is right.. we should sarch for testers > > > > most of the errors are reported by the same people. > > > > stefan > > > > Uwe Dalluege schrieb: > >> Hi Larry, > >> > >> you wrote: > >> > >>> This (and the problem with Image Layres) raises the question, "Is > >>> anyone besides the developers testing and reporting bugs?" > >> > >> Please have a look at this side: > >> > >> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=679906&group_id=118054&func=browse > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Uwe > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> HafenCity Universitaet Hamburg > >> Department Geomatik > >> Rechenzentrum > >> Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Dalluege :-) > >> Hebebrandstr. 1 > >> 22297 Hamburg > >> Tel.: +49 40 42827 - 5335 oder 5353 oder 5313 > >> Fax: +49 40 42827 - 5409 > >> E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Url: http://www.hcu-hamburg.de/geomatik/ > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Larry Becker schrieb: > >>> I just found and fixed a problem with the Toggle Visibility Layer Name > >>> popup menu item. It was totally nonfunctional. I wonder how long it > >>> has been broken. > >>> > >>> This (and the problem with Image Layres) raises the question, "Is > >>> anyone besides the developers testing and reporting bugs?" We need to > >>> recruit some testers. Perhaps an announcement on SourceForge where > >>> some of the 100 people downloading OpenJump per day might see it. > >>> Something like: > >>> > >>> "Software testers needed on project OpenJump. All you have to do is > >>> use OpenJump and report any bugs you find using the SourceForge > >>> tracker." > >>> > >>> regards, > >>> Larry > >>> > >>> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > >> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > >> > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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