GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 61017
Bugzilla is not mentionned in www.gimp.org
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
First, a question: Do you consider the web site (www.gimp.org) as an important part of the GIMP project? If yes, it should be added to the 'Component' list of bugzilla. Anyway, www.gimp.org is the first place where a user will look to report a bug and Bugzilla does not seem to be explicitly mentionned there (except in a few old news). The developper FAQ indicates that core functionality bugs can be reported at the "Wilberworks bug list" (http://www.wilberworks.com/bugs.cgi) I believe that you mean "hardcode functionality" because this URL is now a porn-site :-)
Okay, here you are. www.gimp.org is now a component. :) Unfortunately I've no access to the homepage but you're right there. Sven, would you please have a look?
A mailing list has been created to deal with the web site, because many pages are outdated and contain broken links or even incorrect information. The mailing list is: gimp-web@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu and you can get the list archives from here: http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-web/ By the way, one of the pages that is out of date on www.gimp.org is the one that mentions the mailing lists (the list of lists is incomplete, the addresses of the lists have changed and the archives on lists.xcf.berkeley.edu are not mentioned). It looks like most people on the list are in favor of a complete re-design of the site instead of fixing the current pages. This means that it will probably take a few months until anything happens with the web site. Hopefully, the result will be worth the wait. Some time ago, I volunteered (together with Branko Collin, if I remember correcly) to fix the most obvious problems in the current pages while waiting for the new design, but I do not have access to the server so I cannot do anything about it. Maybe it is better to leave the site as it is for the moment so that people do not get the false impression that it is being actively maintained? I don't know...
OK, forget the last paragraph of my previous comment. I now have access to www.gimp.org and I will try to fix the most urgent problems in the next few days. I will not really maintain the web site, but I will at least try to: - remove the incorrect information in some pages - mention bugzilla for reporting bugs - update the addresses of the mailing lists and list archives The other major changes will have to wait until the new design is ready.
Fixed. I added a link to bugzilla on the gimp.org home page, in the section titled "Bugs, bugs, bugs" that was there before but had been removed some time ago. There is still a problem with the mailing lists, but this is covered by bug #55109.
Changing all www.gimp.org bugs from gimp product to the gimp-web product, including old closed/fixed bugs, and reassigning.
re-resolving old bugs