On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 08:18:18AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 03:59:22PM -0500, Jonathan Jesse wrote: > > > There is this bug: > > > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/keep/+bug/41356, which is > > > also been reported here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122484 and > > > when I click on Upstream, I'm prompted for the package, which I think is > > > Keep as it affects Keep's current lack of documentation, however I get an > > > error that a package is required, even if I type in Keep, or keep. I > > > noticed that the bug lists the fact that if effects keep as the package. > > Okay, you're on the right track, but the current UI is a bit confusing > and it's got you stuck. Copying Bjorn since he's been working in this > area lately and might have an idea to make it less confusing. > > The essential trick here is that when you click on "Upstream" you are > /not/ being prompted for a "package", but for a "product". Packages are > software in a distribution (like Ubuntu); products are the original > upstream software. Products are registered under > > https://launchpad.net/products > > so when you choose "keep" it correctly doesn't find the "keep" product > because it isn't registered in Launchpad. To register it (which you may > do yourself -- any user can) just hop on to > > https://launchpad.net/products/+new > > and register it. You can also indicate in its setup that it uses the KDE > bug tracker so that's already sorted out, too. > > One alternative to this setup is to have a single entry point to adding > new tasks, without the user deciding up-front whether it's a package or > an upstream. That would allow us to provide more help text in the first > page that could help answer this common question.
This would help, and there's a bug open on doing it, https://launchpad.net/products/malone/+bug/1334. Another thing that would help is to have a meaningful error message. If a product can't be found, we should explain what that means, and what the user can do to correct it. This is bug https://launchpad.net/products/malone/+bug/1922, btw. Regards, Bjorn -- launchpad-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users
