On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:40:15 -0800 (PST) From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...1...> To: Robert Crosbie <swingincelt@...19...> Cc: horkana@...44..., inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Menu layout feedback [Re: [Inkscape-devel] Snap to grid]
Links to the bugs and RFE trackers would be very apropos here as well.
Bryce
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Robert Crosbie wrote:
I'd add a Help menu, even if you only have the About dialog to put there.
In the Help menu we could put a link to the sourceforge site as well as the About dialog.
I haven't built Inkscape yet, but if you have a DEBUG build then inlcuding links to the bug tracker makes a lot of sense.
However bug reporting links should probably be left out if and when a stable release gets made. They don't inspire user confidence and Linux distributions take months to get together (and I'm not just talking about Debian stable) and stable builds are likely to hang around so long that you are unlikely to get fresh useful feedback.
Also in the general case it is best to link to as few things as possible, preferably just inkscape.org, to include local copies whenever possible (even a links page in the documentation) because stable releases can be around for a very long time and the less broken and obselete links you need to worry about maintaining the better
Sincerely
Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
PS I'm about to fall asleep and so disclaim any responsibility for innaccuracies in this email. Long day, long week, need sleep.