[Bug 19671] New: Add a 'comments' field to the 'bugs' table of an application instance

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19671

Summary: Add a 'comments' field to the 'bugs' table of an
                    application instance
           Product: WineHQ Apps Database
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: appdb-unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Add a 'comments' field to the 'bugs' table of an application instance

Currently there is a list of bugs attached to an application instance, but the
titles are often not very meaningful to end users who might read them.

It might be useful to have a 'comment's column added to the bugs table where
one could write down what the bug means for the end user.

For example, looking at Total Annihilation
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=7306 , we have two
bugs that could benefit from this.  Currently we see for example:

Bug: 4066
Description: Online Play Doesn't Work (DirectPlay)

Bug: 9159
Description: ProgMan DDE interface is not implemented in Wine's
shell32/explorer

In these examples, the first bug, 4066, makes it look like online play is not
possible, which is actually not the case.  The second bug doesn't really tell
an end user anything about what this means for them.

It might be useful for end users to be able to add a 'what this means for you'
description, such as:

Bug: 4066
Description: Online Play Doesn't Work (DirectPlay)
What this means for you: You'll need to install the native directplay dlls as
an override, see http://wiki.winehq.org/DirectPlayGames

Bug: 9159
Description: ProgMan DDE interface is not implemented in Wine's
shell32/explorer
What this means for you: The shortcuts won't be installed when you run the
installer, so you'll either need to launch the application from the
commandline, or create your own .desktop shortcuts.

[Bug 19671] Add a 'comments' field to the 'bugs' table of an application instance

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19671

--- Comment #1 from Hugh Perkins   2009-08-10 01:26:40 ---
Note that "It might be useful for end users to be able to add ..." is ambiguous
phrasing.  What I wanted to write was something like "It might be useful for
end users if the application maintainer could add ...".

[Bug 19671] Add a 'comments' field to the 'bugs' table of an application instance

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19671

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #2 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-08-10 07:24:15 ---
You can add all this information to HOW-TOs. Bug summary comes directly from
bugzilla, adding extra description to that is really unnecessary.

[Bug 19671] Add a 'comments' field to the 'bugs' table of an application instance

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19671

Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #3 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-08-10 07:39:41 ---
Closing.