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bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen
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Drew Adams |
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bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen |
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Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:13:57 -0700 (PDT) |
> There are many ways to contribute to Emacs:
> • find and report bugs; *Note Bugs::.
>
> So I think this is already a good landing page for both bugs and
> contributions.
Yes.
> > [Mentioning also enhancement requests was my input
> > for this bug thread.]
>
> Do you have any ideas for how to better emphasize enhancement
> requests? Should it be a separate bullet point on the "Contribute"
> page perhaps?
My suggestion is to put it explicitly in the text/link
that then leads you to the doc section that covers all
of this.
Although "contribute improvements" covers suggesting
enhancements, I think the former suggests more
substantial contribution than just asking for or
suggesting a possible enhancement - something wished.
I think it's important for users to see, up front,
an invitation to make even minor or undeveloped, even
possibly infeasible or not-well-thought-through
suggestions.
If that invitation is found only after following some
"contribute" link to doc that covers everything,
including full-blown patches, then its effect on
inviting superficial suggestions can be lost.
So I'd "waste" a few extra chars to spell out that
invitation explicitly. Something like this:
"How to report bugs and suggest or contribute possible improvements"
> > But in that case, the more lightweight feedback, #1,
> > should be separated and up front, so users wanting
> > to report a bug or suggest an enhancement need not
> > find themselves immediately in the depths of how to
> > contribute in a deeper way.
>
> I think that it's fine that users can click the link on the top of the
> page to reach (info "(emacs) Bugs"). It's separate enough, and early
> enough, that users can easily click on it and ignore the rest of the
> page, in my opinion.
See above. Separate enough and early enough, perhaps.
But it doesn't explicitly invite suggestions, even
blue-sky suggestions. That invitation is what I think
is missing up front.
> > We want (IMO) to encourage lots of users to provide
> > relatively easy feedback, beyond also wanting some
> > users to get more deeply involved. We don't want
> > people to get the impression that lightweight
> > suggestions are not possible or encouraged, and that
> > a heavy commitment is the only encouraged participation.
>
> I absolutely agree.
Thanks for working on this. The patch looks good to
me, though I'd prefer to also see what I mention above.
- bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/13
- bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/13
- bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/14
- bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen, Drew Adams, 2019/09/14
- bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/28
- bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/28
- bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen, Drew Adams, 2019/09/28