@Gwen-Dragon I'm thinking about some not-too-complicated process, like
// the bug needs to be properly indexed in the database first
function CheckBugsDatabase("SomethingDoesn'tWork") {
var TheBug = get BugReport("SomethingDoesn'tWork");
var duplicates = CheckForDuplicatedReports(TheBug); // checking if it was already reported
if (duplicates>"x") { // if it was reported at least "x" times
var bugData = getBugBasicData(TheBug); // get the basic info about the bug
exportToTheList(bugData); // send it to the "known issues" list
}
else if (duplicates==0) { // if it wasn't already reported
saveToBugReportsDatabase(TheBug); // just save it to the database
}
}
// this is just a primitive example of how it could be done, it's not an actual code
This is pretty much how I imagine those companies doing their "known issues" lists. I mean, it's obviously doable. "Where there's a will, there's a way"... π
@Gwen-Dragon said in A place for a "Known Issues List" of the current stable release of Vivaldi:
(...) It is not a easy-to-do-i-5-minutes job to filter information which should not go into public. (...)
I think that the "reported x times" condition is good enough for that matter. If an issue has been reported at least several times, there's a pretty good chance that it's already been made public somewhere on the forums or on the team blog.
But they can always decide not to publish a certain bug report - despite it's being reported frequently - for any reason. And they should obviously publish only the most important (from a user's perspective) information about the bug (like what it causes and whether it's fixed already or not just yet), not the whole report and technical data (especially if it's a security flaw or something like that).
@Gwen-Dragon said in A place for a "Known Issues List" of the current stable release of Vivaldi:
(...) that all this public list would bind too much human power which would be better invested in more features and bug fixing.
... and managing duplicated bug reports. π
PS. By talking about "thousands" of bugs, you look to me like an optimist. π
