Re: 4.2 Release plans - Last chance for comments

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On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 12:37:33PM +0100, Hans-Bernhard Br?ker wrote:
>
> "Seeking assistance" is about usage problems, so it should not point 
> directly to the bug tracker.  "Bugs" is where it should be mentioned, 
> and is.
> 

gnuplot.doc says

1 gnuplot
...
2 Seeking-assistance
...
 Bug reports and code contributions should be mailed to:
        gnu...@li...
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1 Bugs
 Please e-mail bug reports to the gnuplot-bugs mailing list.
 Or upload the report to the gnuplot web site on SourceForge.
 ...  See `Seeking-assistance`

My recollection is that the tracker is preferred, is it?

One can also take the point of view that "seeking assistance" is 
the place one looks for contact information and that the function
of "Bugs" is primarily to list bugs known at release.  In any case, 
contact information is currently in both sections but inconsistent.

The "Bugs" text is also somewhat misleading as one does not need 
to upload a file in order to submit a report and it does not 
mention the bug tracker (nor does it give the list address), 
perhaps something like, for both, 
  Bug reports and code contributions should be mailed to:
      gnu...@li...
  or, preferably, submitted using the bug tracker at the 
  gnuplot web site on SourceForge

- Lucas Hart