new forum proposal: Bug Reports Overflow
Posted: 01 Jan 2018, 18:08
- A 'Bug Reports Overflow' subforum in Bug Reports.
- To place Bug Reports posts that 'aren't bugs', or rather, bug-like behaviour that the main devs already know about, or that had already been documented, or that isn't considered a bug on technical grounds, versus newly-discovered bugs to remain in Bug Reports.
- In terms of AutoHotkey development, the Bug Reports forum should primarily suit the needs of the main devs, however, in terms of user development, Bug Reports should also suit their needs and requirements.
- Users don't always know that a bug is well-known. Users can't know, unless it's documented somewhere. The subforum would be a great place for people to check if the bug-like behaviour that they have discovered, has already been reported.
- It's impossible to find a Bug Reports post once it's been moved to Ask For Help.
- The devs would not have to spend time writing things like 'Moderator's note: Topic moved from Bug Reports'. It will be understood that the subforum is where posts often go.
- The main devs may have a specific and nuanced idea of what should be in Bug Reports, but the overwhelming majority of users won't. Users should not be made to feel 'wrong' or disrespected for reporting bug-like behaviour to Bug Reports, it's bad for the community.
- You can change the text: 'Report problems with documented functionality', but it won't improve the situation at all re. how best to filter posts.
- Nobody should be too upset if their post is moved into the 'overflow' subforum.
- It would be a useful resource for information about bug-like behaviour. It would be very useful as a reference for checking if a suspected bug is known about, learning about AutoHotkey, improving the documentation (or adding to my documentation extension tutorial), and writing tutorials.
- There are currently 459 threads in Bug Reports, so by now the overflow subforum could have something like 50-500 threads in it, a very useful resource.
- Thanks for reading.
- To place Bug Reports posts that 'aren't bugs', or rather, bug-like behaviour that the main devs already know about, or that had already been documented, or that isn't considered a bug on technical grounds, versus newly-discovered bugs to remain in Bug Reports.
- In terms of AutoHotkey development, the Bug Reports forum should primarily suit the needs of the main devs, however, in terms of user development, Bug Reports should also suit their needs and requirements.
- Users don't always know that a bug is well-known. Users can't know, unless it's documented somewhere. The subforum would be a great place for people to check if the bug-like behaviour that they have discovered, has already been reported.
- It's impossible to find a Bug Reports post once it's been moved to Ask For Help.
- The devs would not have to spend time writing things like 'Moderator's note: Topic moved from Bug Reports'. It will be understood that the subforum is where posts often go.
- The main devs may have a specific and nuanced idea of what should be in Bug Reports, but the overwhelming majority of users won't. Users should not be made to feel 'wrong' or disrespected for reporting bug-like behaviour to Bug Reports, it's bad for the community.
- You can change the text: 'Report problems with documented functionality', but it won't improve the situation at all re. how best to filter posts.
- Nobody should be too upset if their post is moved into the 'overflow' subforum.
- It would be a useful resource for information about bug-like behaviour. It would be very useful as a reference for checking if a suspected bug is known about, learning about AutoHotkey, improving the documentation (or adding to my documentation extension tutorial), and writing tutorials.
- There are currently 459 threads in Bug Reports, so by now the overflow subforum could have something like 50-500 threads in it, a very useful resource.
- Thanks for reading.