Re: bug tracking

[Thomas Weber]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:50:46PM +0100, Thorsten Meyer wrote:
> John W. Eaton wrote:
> > On 24-Mar-2010, Thorsten Meyer wrote:
> >
> > | documentation. Is the bug_report function supposed to be removed?
> >
> > Yes, since it sends mail to the mailing list, it is not what we want
> > people to use now.
> >
> > Do you have a suggestion for how we can update it to do something
> > useful?  Should it simply print out information about how to report
> > bugs, possibly with information that would be useful to include in the
> > tracker's submission form?
> >   
> Ideally, the bug_report function should start a web browser with the bug
> report form and the basic fields (octave version, operating system etc.)
> prefilled. In debian, we could use the sensible-browser command. 

Uh, no. No distribution-specific commands in 'original' software,
please. If you want to to open a browser, use 'xdg-open' from 
freedesktop.org's Portland initiative.

        Thomas