Added value

["J.Pietschmann" <j3...@yahoo.de>]

Hi all,
some thoughts on a late evening.
  -=O=-
We all have seen Mozilla coming with an automated problem reporting
system. This begs the question: why doesn't any Apache project have
such an mechanism? Think of adding code to the FOP CLI which catches
exceptions and logged errors, queries a DB whether the problem is
already known, and automagically submits a bug report with all kind
of interesting info otherwise. If the problem is known, it could point
the user to the relevant FAQ/workaround.
Benefits
- Get reports on exotic defects
- Get better bug reports
- Get detailed info on known problems to unsuspecting users without
   heviong them to ask on the list.
Anybody interested in discussing how such a mechanism could look like?

  -=O=-
Any automated feedback mechanism begs the question on how it should be
configured: proxy configuration, user and environment data, privacy
settings etc.
This leads to the idea of an installation program with a GUI. Imagine
there were an Apache installer, perhaps similar to Cygwin setup, which
a) provides the user with downloadable Apache code
b) keeps track of already installed libraries, modules and other code
c) maintains persistent settings, for example for the automated feedback.
It could also be used for initial mailing list subscriptions and other
purposes.
Again, anyone interested in discussing this?

J.Pietschmann


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RE: Added value

[Victor Mote <vi...@outfitr.com>]

J.Pietschmann wrote:

> We all have seen Mozilla coming with an automated problem reporting
> system. This begs the question: why doesn't any Apache project have
> such an mechanism? Think of adding code to the FOP CLI which catches
...
> Anybody interested in discussing how such a mechanism could look like?
...
> This leads to the idea of an installation program with a GUI. Imagine
...
> Again, anyone interested in discussing this?

Yes to both, but probably another day. I don't feel at liberty to work on
anything that isn't on the critical path toward getting our code reunified.
More on this in a thread to come.

Also, I apologize for not responding to your request for comments on the
line-number enhancement. I intend to in the near future.

Victor Mote


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