- From: Jonathan Garbee <jonathan@garbee.me>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:37:00 -0500
- To: public-webplatform@w3.org
- Message-ID: <50A2772C.1050709@garbee.me>
Flags - I need to look into how this system works a little better so I can see if there is a way that we can use the write API for the tracker to have them automatically create reports. Issue association - This is something that I need to look into with the API if available. We need a way to check against the tracker for a URL that would be passed with the issue when created and display a notification in the frontend if an issue is found. I'm honestly not sure if the default API provides this (since finding documentation on it is proving to be impossible so far) so it might be something we need to extend the bug system with a module for. Hosting/Admin - I think we need to decide if we are going to use an in-house system and if so ask Ryan once he returns and gets time about the hosting. I think it would make the best sense to have it as a subdomain if it is done. Testimonials - I don't know of any. That being said, it is a smaller project in terms of contributors and usage than more of the well-known trackers. The absolute downside to this system that I am seeing right now is documentation, it is basically non-existent. This is the largest issue I see in deciding to go forward with the project. -Garbee On 11/13/2012 11:21 AM, Alex Komoroske wrote: > Thanks for writing this up, Garbee! > > I'm looking forward to discussing this at the meeting in a few > minutes, but a few random questions/thoughts: > > * How do flags fit into this? > * If this issue tracker subsumes flags/editorial notes, that's > fine--but ideally there'd be some way to denote which articles > have which types of associated issues in the tracker so that > someone viewing the article can figure it out without having to > actively look for it. > * There's still discussion to be had about hosting/administering this. > * Are there any positive testimonials you're aware of about > BugGenie? Any expert users we can chat with? It's almost certainly > an improvement over Bugzilla, but want to be 100% sure before we > embark on a big journey. > * I agree that the Q&A functionality seems to not have a clearly > defined role right now. My bias is to keep things as tight as > possible: if there's not a compelling need for it, we should > consider moving it. That's one of the reasons I'm excited about > rationalizing the whole general issue-tracking system. > > --Alex > > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:11 AM, Chris Mills <cmills@opera.com > <mailto:cmills@opera.com>> wrote: > > There are some really good suggestions here Garbee. Anything that > we can do to improve the way bugs, comments, etc. are handled is > cool. I think we are starting to drown under the amount of stuff > to be done, and the fact that it is quite hard to keep track of it > all at present. > > Next week I will be just coming out of a 5 week period of almost > constant travel, so I'll need to get my head together and work out > where to go next, Re: the content. More soon! > > Chris Mills > Open standards evangelist and dev.opera.com <http://dev.opera.com> > editor, Opera Software > Co-chair, web education community group, W3C > Author of "Practical CSS3: Develop and Design" > (http://my.opera.com/chrismills/blog/2012/07/12/practical-css3-my-book-is-finally-published) > > * Try Opera: http://www.opera.com > * Learn about the latest open standards technologies and > techniques: http://dev.opera.com > * Contribute to web education: http://www.w3.org/community/webed/ > > On 13 Nov 2012, at 07:05, Sébastien Desbenoit <seb@desbenoit.net > <mailto:seb@desbenoit.net>> wrote: > > > Wow Garbee, What a message. > > > > It's look like clear for me and I don't know anything about the > Q&A system. However, I can do a little help for the UI as soon as > I'm done with the current tasks I'm assigned to. > > > > Seb Desbenoit > > > > Le 12 nov. 2012 à 23:10, Jonathan Garbee <jonathan@garbee.me > <mailto:jonathan@garbee.me>> a écrit : > > > >> My action this week from the telcon was to flush out more on > how centralizing all feedback into a bugtracker would work. Well, > I have rethought certain aspects and found something would be > missing. So this email addresses what was missing and tries to > explain how the system will work better (I hope.) This is also > iffy on too many real details since it is hard to really explain > in words how things would be setup and used; I'm hoping for a demo > to be online later in the week. So, lets begin this beast. > >> > >> Let's start with a change in thinking for the comment system. > I was thinking at the end of last week when initially writing > this proposal that we would do away with the current system > completely; then, I realized it has a very useful purpose that > centralizing into a bugtracker doesn't fill properly. That is > discussion. As explained in bug 19847 [1] there is a very useful > purpose to having some kind of comment system inline. I think the > current comment system could in fact stay in place but be renamed > to "Discussion" as to the current "Comment". From there, with a > few tweaks it could be a much more useful tool. The main tweak I > am asking for is a flag system. If a user sees an item in the > discussion thread where it does not belong, they could flag it and > that would have some kind of Admin UI to alert administrators of a > new flag in that system. This way the current system can stay in > place with a few tweaks to give it a more accurate purpose. > >> > >> With the comment system staying in place, what we would need to > do is create some kind of form to be filled out that would let > users report issues they see in the content. This would create a > new issue report in a certain category (I'm thinking "Feedback") > which we could then move to the proper category. I created a > basic mockup of this form which is online [2]. People could also > submit a report manually directly in the system if they want to, > this UI is only for use in the docs themselves. It is a very > basic modal with a form for needed information. That would be > sent using the JSON API of Bug Genie into the system. (I am still > trying to find documentation on that API, it is there I just can't > figure out where the Docs are.) > >> > >> With the feedback system in place, it all would just come down > to using Bug Genie properly. I am working on setting up a demo of > this to actually be looked through. For now though, I only have > words. > >> > >> Using the system properly means compartmentalizing where issues > are. This is done in the same way our current tracker has > Components. We would just create a new "Project" which would take > the place of the Component system. For example, we would have all > the components we have now but with the added Feedback category > mentioned before in this email. Here is a rundown of the categories: > >> (If you have seen the current bugtracker, this block is mostly > a repeat of what you know.) > >> Content - Major content edits, content edit requests, ideas for > new content. > >> Comments Extension - Changed to Discussion Extension. Any > issues with this extension. > >> Information Architecture - Issues about the organization of > content. > >> Infrastructure - Software or Installation issues. > >> QA Forums - Issues with the Q&A System. > >> Skin - Theme issues. > >> Blog - Blog issues. > >> Telcon - Telcon topic tracking. This would work by first > submitting an issue. This is how we would raise issues to be > talked about in the Telcons. Once an issue is discussed and an > action is decided on, we would assign the issue to the person the > action is assigned to and relay what that action is. Until the > item is done with the Telcon, it remains in this section. If an > item is something that is decided on, but is no longer going to be > brought up in a telcon, we would move it to an appropriate > category (project). > >> Feedback- from the frontend would be dumped here and people > would sort from there into whichever category is appropriate. > >> > >> This becomes our centralized place for all feedback and > tracking of what is being worked on. We could even have a > DocSprint section that we could move things into for DocSprints so > things for those get tracked in here as well compared to a Google > Spreadsheet. > >> > >> Anyone with an account would be free to submit, edit, and move > bugs around. We would also lock it down to show people only what > they need. There are a lot of features that almost no one needs. > We can hide those to keep the frontend for most people clean. I > *really* can't explain this lockdown too well in words; basically, > the software is built with software development in mind. That > means many features are in here that we don't need using it from a > project management standpoint. I'm hoping to have a demo of the > system up by the end of the week that fully works so you all can > see. We also wouldn't change the UI too much if at all unless > people felt like taking that kind of job on. > >> > >> This system means: > >> We don't deal with the Discussion pages at all. We in fact > need to remove any direct links to them. > >> We re-purpose the Comment system to be more targeted in use and > still very helpful. > >> Add an in-house bug tracker to handle complete project > management. Handling software and content issues. > >> > >> > >> The main question left is, what is the Q&A system used for at > this point? I don't really see it getting used too much right now > for anything. What it does handle we could find a way to dump > into the bug system most likely if we felt like depreciating that > part of the site. I'm just not sure what to do with that part of > the puzzle or if we should just keep it as a pet dragon. > >> > >> So if you are reading this far, first congratulations. Second, > any questions or thoughts on what is being proposed? > >> > >> -Garbee > >> > >> [1] https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=19847 > >> [2] > http://static.jonathangarbee.com/webplatform/demo/feedback_form.html > >> > > > > -- > > Sébastien Desbenoit > > web designer - @desbenoit - http://desbenoit.net - > http://internetetmoi.fr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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