Re: Website doesn't have links to the bug tracker

[Ethan A M. <me...@uw...>]

On Monday, 24 February 2025 10:34:46 PST Dima Kogan wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Our website:
> 
>   gnuplot.sourceforge.net

> has links to the git repo, but not to the bug tracker or mailing lists
> or anything like that. That stuff lives on the sourceforge project page:

???
I am not 100% certain what you see when you cllck on the "git repo" link.
Perhaps it is browser-dependent, or depends on whether SourceForge recognizes you?
For me it lands on a page where the navigation panel directly below the line with the
gnuplot logo and title "gnuplot Git Repository" looks like this:

  Summary  Files  Reviews  Support  Tickets▾  Git Repository  Mailing Lists Discussion News ...


The Tickets pull-down opens up the bug tracker, feature requests, etc.

I can change the home page to say "git repository and issue tracker".
That's a reasonable idea.
I don't know if there's a better label than "Tickets" for the pull-down menu on the
project page (and for that matter I don't know if I can change it).

>> but that's not linked from our website either. Can we add some links?

I agree it would be good to duplicate that link at the top of the home page.

> Today, filing a bug is non-obvious if you don't already know where the
> tracker is.

Every time one runs gnuplot it starts with the splash page
        G N U P L O T
        Version 6.0 patchlevel 2    last modified 2024-12-04 

        Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2024
        Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others

        gnuplot home:     http://www.gnuplot.info
        faq, bugs, etc:   type "help FAQ"

gnuplot> help FAQ
[snip]
 Bug reports and feature requests should be uploaded to the trackers at
           https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/_list/tickets
 Please check previous reports to see if the bug you want to report has
 already been fixed in a newer version.
[snip]

    Ethan