Create fields for GCC version, kernel-version, and hardware type

[mmadia]

Trac's Create New Ticket form should include additional fields/forms to allow a user to : -select gcc version (GCC 2, GCC 4, GCC 2+4, GCC 4+2) -input kernel-version (aka uname -v) -hardware type (real, virtualized:[qemu, ...,])

These additional fields should help organize bug reports.

[nielx]

I understand that having that kind of information is useful at times, I think that in reality it will only add complexity to the ticket system, which is something we should avoid for developers and users. I can think of only a limited number of cases where the GCC version and the kernel version are truly relevant.

As for the hardware type. It would be possible to add platforms to the platform dropdown, but again, I feel that there might be a limited use.

Perhaps instead we should add a line with 'keywords' in which we can add things like 'gcc2-only' or 'qemu'.

[anevilyak]

Actually, I would disagree there: I can think of quite a few bugs of varying severity that only show up on gcc4 builds, so it would be quite helpful to be able to filter the bugs by applicable compiler, though the keywords mechanism you mentioned would probably do the trick there ; however, that somewhat relies on people being uniform in their keyword usage to be truly helpful when trying to categorize.

[nielx]

Replying to anevilyak:

Actually, I would disagree there: I can think of quite a few bugs of varying severity that only show up on gcc4 builds, so it would be quite helpful to be able to filter the bugs by applicable compiler, though the keywords mechanism you mentioned would probably do the trick there ; however, that somewhat relies on people being uniform in their keyword usage to be truly helpful when trying to categorize.

The advantage with the keyword approach is that when you query for gcc4, you are certain that you will find gcc4 related bugs, and not all the bugs that happen to be reported on a gcc4 compiled image.

We can make keyword handling uniform by creating a list of accepted keywords and maintaining these.

[mmadia]

Any thoughts on this before closing?

[axeld]

I'm with Niels on this one.

[leavengood]

Replying to axeld:

I'm with Niels on this one.

Me too, as long as we can maintain that list of keywords properly and have consistency.

[mmadia]

closing invalid.