AppDB: Do not upload screenshots of error messages, installers, game menus

Tue Jan 11 14:23:01 CST 2011

On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:18:17 +0100
André Hentschel <nerv at dawncrow.de> wrote:

> 
> AppDB should represent the actual state of an App, so game menus, installer screenshots and graphical glitches are ok IMO.
> Of course the graphical glitch should have a bug filed and should not only lay around in AppDB, but if there is a Bug for it and it's not yet fixed, then why we should hide it to the user?
> 

My concern is that it's not uncommon for new users to believe that they actually are reporting a bug when they submit something to the AppDB, and accepting screenshots of graphical problems reinforces that misconception. I see redirecting users to bugzilla as simply setting them straight on what gets reported where. This doesn't hide problems; there is a section for bug links in every AppDB entry. 

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Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio at earthlink.net>