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Old 03-27-07, 05:09 PM   #7
vois2
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is bugzilla right for sh4bugs.com

I've spent several hundred hours with Bugzilla during the last several months on the development of Business Gauges, and Bugzilla is a great platform for the situation where bugs are being reported and fixed concurrently. Unfortunately, that won't be happening on this particular Bugzilla (no concurrent updates/fixes from the development side). Patches will <hopefully> fix several items at a time, and each item tested by the community for eventual removal from the Bugzilla. The big ape in the room is that these popular Subsim forums actually provide a quicker, broader access to bug reporting in threads such as this one. (Yes, albeit with many repeats.)

Given that, I don't know how many people will be willing to report bugs in isolation to the Bugzilla at hand. sh4bugs.c o m is a great idea, but I'm wondering if Bugzilla is the right format. This is not to criticize the work at hand. However, I am wondering if sh4bugs.c o m couldn't be used in a much more targeted way to garner a higher popularity and functionality for every user. Perhaps something like: "sh4bugs.c o m: Top SH4 bugs and how they affect your gameplay." Then small page sections showing how and what.

Bug #1 could be 'Chronometer doesn't measure target speed' ... followed by short explanations on how to get around that and measure target speed anyway.

Things such as this. I'm sure many willing members, including myself, would write the various sections, with appropriate images or charts, etc.

Just a thought. And thank you.
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