Re: Debbugs testbed

["Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>]

Miles Bader <miles.bader@necel.com> writes:

> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
>> First: it has no web interface for filling bugs: an easy and intuitive
>> interface for users is paramount.
>
> I expect an _Emacs_ interface for filing bugs is far, far, more
> important in this case....

An Emacs interface would be great, but you still need a fall-back
interface for when the bug or the environment blocks the operation of
the Emacs interface.

> [An interface being "web" or not has absolutely nothing to do with it's
> being "easy" -- look at the original bugzilla, which was as web-centric
> as they come, and yet had one of the most horrid and newbie-hostile
> bug-filing (and searching) interfaces ever...]

There are plenty of bad examples for everything, even for Emacs
interfaces :-)

Emacs-based of web-based, such an interface can do smart things that
brings a friendlier experience than a plain-text e-mail system does. (Of
course an Emacs-based interface is much better because it can
automatically provide lots of information by introspection.)

-- 
Oscar