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Bug 147998

Summary:	New Bug Form: Too hard to make a choice on 'Component'
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Martin Aeschlimann <martinae>
Component:	Bugzilla	Assignee:	Hubert Leung <hkyleung>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	eclipse, gunnar
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Martin Aeschlimann

2006-06-21 03:48:27 EDT

When you try to enter a bug against TPTP (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?classification=TPTP), you are forced to choose one of over 70 components with names I'm not sure of what they mean. As a bug reporter I want to be sure that the bug goes to a maintained place.

Some ideas for solutions I had:
- Allow filing bugs with no component specified. Bugzilla would have to know the 'Default' component for each product, where it would forward this requests
- The Bugzilla 'Enter Bug' form could select a component by default
- Or we ask all product to simpify and clarify they component names, by for example introducing a 'Incoming' component.

Comment 1 Gunnar Wagenknecht

2006-06-21 07:57:57 EDT

I think that projects can help by providing a general "Inbox" component. But this would also require some additional maintenance attention by the developers. However, 70 components is way too much. You can expect bug reports filled correctly by end users with so many components to choose from.

Comment 2 Eclipse Webmaster

2006-06-21 13:58:55 EDT

I'll assign this Bug to Hubert, who can then tell me what to do.

D.

Comment 3 Denis Roy

2007-02-12 16:59:23 EST

I believe TPTP recently reorganized its Bugzilla products and components.  Can we close this as fixed?

Comment 4 Martin Aeschlimann

2007-02-13 04:31:56 EST

There are now lots of 'products' with good names. The 'components' inside the products are still cryptic and technical, and I'm still forced to choose one.

It would be nice if the input form has a default selection on a component.

So it's better. Close if you want.

Comment 5 Denis Roy

2007-03-09 13:40:06 EST

Closing as per comment 4.