[Courses] [Tools] Homework

[Mary]

On Mon, Oct 03, 2005, Steven Walker wrote:
> >   1.2 Find a bug that has been filed but not confirmed. (In the Ubuntu
> >   Bugzilla, these are bugs marked NEEDINFO , you'll need to face down
> >   Bugzilla's Advanced search to search by status.)
> >  
> >
> Sheesh,  that advanced search is tough. I could not make it find any
> bugs at all. I gave up and found a bug using the simple search.
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260524
> 
> This failure would make it impossible to check if a bug has been
> reported already.

I was thinking of doing this with the Ubuntu bug tracker. But yes, alas,
Bugzilla's advanced search is notoriously complicated. It *is* useful
once you know Bugzilla pretty well, to be able to search in such detail.

If Advanced Search fails you in the future, I think it's better to use
simple search, not find anything, and report the bug. The worst that
might happen is that it'll be marked DUPLICATE by the fixer. While
it's nice to save them this time if you can, you don't have to beat your
head against a wall to do it.

> >   2.3 See if you can replicate the bug described in 2.2. If not, why
> >       not? If so, can you see anything missing from the bug report?
> >       Tell us about it.
> >  
> >
> Ran out of time - sorry.

That's ok -- it's homework to explore the lessons a bit more, no
pressure :)

> Ubuntu 5.04.
> Panel > System > Preferences > Mouse > Cursors
> 
> My mouse cursor is too small. I change it to large, log out and back in.
> The large box remains ticked but the cursor is unchanged. This is a
> trivial matter and is easy to solve manually but it is a bug.

This one sounds eminently reportable. The Ubuntu bugzilla is at
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/ and you could search for it and report it
there, if you have time. Since they're very close to releasing 5.10 now,
you might want to specifically mention that it's 5.04 that you're
reporting against.

-Mary