On 30/06/13 05:24 AM, Sandro Tosi wrote: > this is described in the "How to Use New GTK+ User Interface" section > of /usr/share/doc/reportbug/README.Users.gz ... > it seems too much complication to me; I'd rather teach users how to > read programs documentation and how to solve problems instead of > overly-complicated packaging practice on the developers side.
I understand, and that is a worthy goal in and of itself. However, even with documentation, the default behaviour is awful. You do new users a grave disservice. A first time bug reporter without any guidance from an experienced helper to point them at the doc will likely just not file a bug at all. It will be an overall negative experience for them. In time, they may figure it out on their own, either by using the text interface or by locating the correct doc. But even if they do, I doubt if it will do much to correct their negative first impressions of the software. To sum up, providing a desktop icon to start a program that doesn't start when you click on it is not in any way a justifiable good default behaviour, your documentation notwithstanding. I would rather see the desktop file removed entirely from the package than have it behave this way. Ben _______________________________________________ Reportbug-maint mailing list Reportbug-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reportbug-maint
