Off the topā¦ I assume we want bugs reported first on the forumsā¦ then if itās deemed as real bug to open an issue on Github?
Slight problem / confusion - that always existed - is there is a Help -> menu item to āreport bugsā that takes one to Github issues, but then says to return to the forums if it hasnāt been discussed and finalized.
One would not āreturningā to the forums - they came from the program.
Youāre forcing users to join the forums to report bugs.
Is there a convenient way to bypass Github and the forums log in to be able to post a bug report to a āBugsā only category?
On Github, when you create an issue you see the message to join the forum first and discuss the issue with the community. If youāve already done that, then you can create an issue.
Always, openly discuss with community first. This avoids mistakes.
For projects like Inkscape Embroidery thereās not enough community to warrant a forum, so all discussion is welcome on the developerās issues list. There are not that many users compared to our project. Imagine half our forum threads on the issues list ā it would be difficult to moderate two forums! So, we differentiate between the forum and the issues list.
Two factors at work here:
Open source, community first. In open source, rogue issue posters are asked to check the forum before posting. I have received this reponse several times myself, years ago when I first started trying to contribute to open source. We all live and learn.
Anonymous users waste developer time, Discussion with anonymous posters is difficult, because thereās no email address for sending updates when developers ask them questions etc. If theyāre serious about the issue, theyāll log in.
User conveniences at the expense of developer time is not a good tradeoff. Sorry.
I get itā¦ I just donāt know if itās a good thing to offer a user who is not on the forums or Github to the option to send a bug report and send them around in circles. Also since Iām always logged inā¦ what happens if you donāt have a github accountā¦ can you even create an issue? Maybe the easy solution is to just remove the Help ā report bugs menu item? Or change the menu to put up a dialog directing a user if they want to report a bug to join and post in the forums?
Thereās already a submit link that takes one to the Github ā issuesā¦ which or course where one is presented with āreturn to forumsā msg. Would make more sense - if the bug report link remains - that it is changed to take one to the forums, not Github issues. I would also create a new or rename Issues category āBug Reportsā as most lay person users wonāt relate to āIssuesā, but generally understand āBug Reportsā. It also keeps continuityā¦ like the menu item and forum CAT are both labeled Bug Report. Of course the link should take one right to the category.
So, we on Ubuntu will get a nice (pre-)christmas-present? 
