Kye Lewis wrote:
Hi,
I've done a lot of testing different applications that I have (and checking on their progress with new wine versions) and I was wondering:
Should I report every application that doesn't work as a separate bug?
Yes, a seperate bug report for each program is nessesary. It is possible that there are more than one bug report per program. For example the program crashes when I open a certain menu. and there is a display problem with one of the other menus.
A couple of things I would suggest before you submitt any bug report. Do I actually use this program on a regular basis? If this is the case then can I reproduce the bug and do I understand the steps that it takes to reproduce it and am I willing and able to do the followup to ensure that the bug is fixed? If the answer is yes then search bugzilla to see if the bug is already reported. If it is then add to the existing bug report. If not then start a new one.
<rant> At this point I have limited time to spend with wine and I have to be selective about where I spend it. I have seen a recent set of bug reports that simply list a fixme that a program has hit without any indication that the program behaved in an incorrect manner. When I see a bug report like that I want to yell at the reporter for wasting my time with a useless bug report. </rant>
Simply taking a program at random and seeing if it will run is fine in itself I suppose but submitting a bug report implies a certain commitment to getting it fixed.
Tony Lambregts