>On 01/11/2016 08:20 PM, LachlanA wrote:
>>because "incorrect result" also sounds like the most appropriate item
>>group
>>for things like unexpected behaviour of the GUI.
>
>I don't expect
>that it will be possible to get people to choose the correct thing just
>because we have better words. For example, I see that many people now
>think "crash" means "Octave gave me an error" instead of "Octave exited
>unexpectedly with a fatal signal". But at least we could choose better
>categories for sorting once the reports are submitted.
>
>>I proposed splitting "incorrect result" into two: one (perhaps "wrong
>>answer") clearly for numerical errors and one (perhaps "wrong behaviour")
>>intended for errors in other settings.
>
>But even if something is not a numerical function (GUI behavior, for
>example) incorrect behavior is still an incorrect result, I think.
>
> > Michael Godfrey suggested that
>>"wrong answer" may still be too broad and suggested "fatal error". I
>>personally think this sounds like either a crash of Octave or a bug that
>>crashes the users code, rather than a grossly wrong answer. Perhaps
>>"gross
>>numerical error" is the right term, but to me that suggests something
>>like
>>amplified roundoff errors (e.g., 1 / (a-b) for similar a and b).
>>
>>Does anyone have suggestions for this, or how to specify a regression
>>without masking the other item-group values? Does anyone have
>>suggestions
>>for how to prioritise debugging effort, given most bugs have the default
>>priority and severity?
>
>Other than that, I have no clue what is best. Sorry. But I did just
>notice that I recently added "Performance" to the list of Categories,
>when maybe it should be an "Item Group" instead? I don't know. I'm not
>even sure now what the difference between "Category" and "Item Group" is
>supposed to be. Oh, I see that Savannah has the following descriptions
>on the page that is used to edit fields and field values:
>
>Before choosing new names for things, or adding more names, maybe it
>would be best to define what it is you want to be able to categorize?
>
>jwe