Re: [Directory-discuss] entry for Stow in FSD

[Adam Spiers]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Andrew Engelbrecht <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 12/14/2011 06:57 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
>> Adam, I'm puzzled by this.  I never saw it (and still don't see it) on
>> the review page, http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category:Review.  I try
>> to keep my eye out there for new GNU updates.
>>
>> Andrew, can you figure out where Adam's update ended up?
>
> Well, bug reports are in "Category:Bug_report":
>
> http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category:Bug_report

Ahah - here's where mine vanished:

http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Review:Stow-BUG-1

> I was surprised when I originally stumbled upon that category, since bug
> reports are in the "Review:" namespace, but not "Category:Review".
> (Categories and namespaces are different ways of organizing things in
> MediaWiki.) "Category:Review" is supposed to be for brand new entries,
> while the "Category:Bug_report" is supposed to be for updated
> information. While I'm at it, I might as well post the link to the
> Workflow page, which lists some useful links and tips, including the
> above link:
>
> http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FSD:Workflow
>
>> (Also, Andrew, it occurs to me now that it would be useful for me if GNU
>> packages were somehow marked as such on the Category:Review page, or
>> there was a separate review page with just GNU packages.  I try to
>> undertake to update information for GNU packages when it comes in, but I
>> can't take on non-GNU.)
>
> I think that I might be able to do some trickery to get this to work.
> I'll try to get it working by tomorrow if time allows.

It would definitely be helpful if after filing a bug, the UI displays
a link to the created bug page.  It's also not ideal that the
submitter can't modify their submission, but maybe that's a
fundamental limitation of the current framework?