Not really a nice comment but a real issue?

[Abossolo Foh Guy]

> I'm surprised credit is considered important ... .

You're right, but for some of your external contributors it's a business 
model useful to communicate with their employers or patrons. I tried to 
explain it in a Twitter post but without success :) GitHub is like a 
vitrine where one can see the community working. To be credited in the 
reprository is personnal satisfaction but it's also like receiving 
"java-coins", a win-win strategy without additional work from the owner 
since a gauge shows each contributor activity.

> But FX never used the github bug tracker. ...
https://github.com/javafxports/openjdk-jfx, did. A really amazing 
experience ! The new repository closed this first open window :(

Guy.

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Le 2021-03-19 20:37, Philip Race a écrit :
> Interesting that there's no way to add an attachment (image or 
> otherwise).
> I'll ask why that can't be made possible.
> 
> I'm surprised credit is considered important but I think that the
> current way of doing things is
> more focused on protecting privacy of bug reporters and that they
> might instead want their email addresses advertised
> will quickly run into problems getting past that.
> There's even an assurance on the bug submission form that your
> personal info won't be shared.
> 
> But FX never used the github bug tracker. It should never have been
> possible to submit bugs there.
> 
> 
> -phil.
> 
> On 3/19/21 12:23 PM, John Neffenger wrote:
>> On 3/19/21 11:05 AM, Philip Race wrote:
>>> If this was important to him I don't understand why just a blog post 
>>> and not a bug report ..
>> 
>> If I had to guess, it might be because, in the age of GitHub, this is 
>> not what people expect when they try to report a bug:
>> 
>> Report a Bug or Request a Feature
>> https://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/
>> 
>> There are two main problems:
>> 
>> 1. You can't attach images.
>> 
>> 2. You don't get credit.
>> 
>> I speak from experience. I spent five years frustrated with a JavaFX 
>> font bug, but it was only when I could properly format a report and 
>> include images that I bothered to open this issue:
>> 
>> Reduce color fringes in FreeType subpixel rendering
>> https://github.com/javafxports/openjdk-jfx/issues/229
>> 
>> Formatting and images shouldn't matter, but two other people tried to 
>> report that bug using the Oracle Web form, and both were closed as 
>> "Not an Issue." You can send images later by e-mail, eventually, but 
>> that's not explained anywhere.
>> 
>> There was a brief window when the OpenJFX project accepted bug reports 
>> on GitHub, but now it's back to the Oracle Web form. That brief window 
>> is the reason I'm a contributor to the project now. I understand the 
>> need for gate-keeping. We just shouldn't be too surprised when people 
>> decide that the gate's too high.
>> 
>> I think Oracle could fix the two problems and keep the Web form, and 
>> we might get more quality bug reports instead of frustrated blog 
>> posts. I also think that it would help a lot to enable the JIRA 
>> markup[1] in the Java Bug System as Apache NetBeans has done. As an 
>> example, I can't imagine trying to report a bug like the following 
>> without formatting or in-line images:
>> 
>> Attaching JavaFX Javadoc and Sources
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-3296
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> [1] 
>> https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/WikiRendererHelpAction.jspa?section=all