Re: configure --help

[Rik]

On 02/05/2019 10:52 AM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 2/5/19 12:34 PM, Rik wrote:
>> The last lines from running configure --help are
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>> Report bugs to <https://octave.org/bugs.html>.
>> GNU Octave home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/>.
>> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
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>> The link for bugs is not actually where you report bugs.  It is a page
>> about HOW to report a bug.  Should we change the language in configure?
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> Should it say "How to report bugs: <...> ?

Yes, this is what I had in mind.  I didn't mean that we should remove it or
point it directly to the savannah bug tracker.

--Rik

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> I still think it should link to the how to report bugs page instead of
> directly to a form to submit a bug report.  Call me crazy, but I have
> some hope that people will read at least some of that info and maybe
> submit better reports because of it.
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>> Also, the first two links use https, while the laste is plain old http.
>> Any reason?
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> No, if https works, then we should list that.
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