Re: [Ayatana] Question about Bug Reporting Tools in Ubuntu, from a design perspective...

[Scott Kitterman <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:32:50 +0200 Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  ajmctaggart wrote:
>>
>> My question is this, why do we need to login to Launchpad through our web
>> browser to report these bugs?  I feel it is extremely disruptive, 
especially
>> when something non-essential crashes and Ubuntu asks if I'd like to file 
a
>> bug.  Of course I'd like to file a bug!  That's what I am supposed to do,
>> correct?  But this practice makes my work-flow crippled, and it takes 
quite
>> a bit more time than a built in submittal tool.  Over the past three 
days,
>> I've gotten tired booting my machine, logging in, something crashes, bug
>> report needs to be filed, now I have to go to Firefox.  For goodness 
sake, I
>> just need to get into a pdf for work or school!  Now that I'm on the
>> web...hmm, work or browsing? :)  Of course, maybe this is just a poor
>> example of me trying to get out of work, but I think you get the point.
>>
>> From what I can see, this system function is about 85% darn near perfect.
>> That last 15% is how the bug is actually placed in the system.  Is anyone
>> interested in creating a bug reporting mechanism or interface for 
Launchpad
>> that allows a user to submit his Launchpad I.D. and password, and NOT 
have
>> to be moved to firefox to finish the bug submission?
>>
>>
>> It's a damn good question! In general, the meme of "desktop apps talking
>> natively to LP" is very cool. We want the Software Center to be able to
>> automatically add PPA's you're subscribed to, for example.
>>
>> The Ubuntu One guys should be delivering an API which lets an app get
>> credentials in LP without going via the web. Elliot Murphy would be able 
to
>> connect us to the right person on that team.
>>
>> Those credentials could then be used to complete the bug submission,
>> without hitting the web browser at all.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>
>I think that I am going different route than intended, but should such
>integration end with bug submissions? What about asking questions with sort
>of a GUI interface to Launchpad Answers directly without a browser?
>
>How about my launchpad account would be a Jabber account as well? So I 
could
>"chat" with any other Launchpad user using Empathy and already configured
>user/password?
>
>How about my launchpad account would be a StatusNet account as well and I
>could participate in real time communications over Launchpad?
>
>It would be also interesting, for example, if I could get notification that
>a bug I've been subscribed to is closed, without hitting the browser.
>
https://launchpad.net/leonov

Scott K