[MacPorts] #11376: Tracker discourages use

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#11376: Tracker discourages use
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  Reporter:  stephen at xemacs.org  |       Owner:  jmpp at macports.org
      Type:  defect              |      Status:  new              
  Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  server/hosting      |     Version:                   
Resolution:                      |    Keywords:                   
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Comment (by stephen at xemacs.org):

 First, a lot of changes were made to the tracker in the 7 months it took
 for somebody to look at the issue.  A lot of the issues were fixed in the
 interim, or by the date of wsiegrist's comment.  At this point (1) and (2)
 appear to be fixed, and (3) and (4) are on the radar of the responsible
 person.

 (5) is still a problem.  I can't afford the time that would be required
 for me to learn how to do it.  At least users should be given advice to
 mention the port name and version in the summary.  OK, I now see that this
 is done in guide.macports.org ... but that is still not accessible from
 the tracker's pages (except in this bug ;-).

 (6) At the time of the original report, the search I use most often when
 reporting a new bug required me to click on Custom Query, click on Delete
 Field to get rid of the qualifier Bugs Assigned to Me, click on Add Field,
 select Summary, and then enter the search terms.  Now I no longer have to
 delete the qualifier of Bugs Assigned to Me, but it would be nice if the
 Search Summary field were already part of the Custom Query.  Evidently
 changes of this sort are possible.

 (7) has been addressed, except that "Milestones" is inappropriate name
 since none of them will ever be achieved, and "Milestones" basically is a
 superset of "Components".

 (8), (9), and (10) have been addressed to a great extent.  Nevertheless, a
 pointer to Trac help, much of which is oriented to the maintainer of a
 Trac tracker, is not appropriate at the top level of this page.  It should
 be ''replaced'' by a pointer to the ticketing guidelines.  The mere
 existence of ticketing guidelines is irrelevant as long as there's no way
 to find them from the bug entry page.

 (11) Assigned To does ''not'' appear ''at any time'' when I submit a bug.
 I assume the reason your mileage varies is because you're a developer.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/11376#comment:6>
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