Re: A bug reporter surprised by their information going to public mailing list.

On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 3:35 AM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
wrote:

> On 9/28/20 9:46 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 1:39 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >>> +1. With that, we could probably simplify the button text back
> >>> down to "Submit". Right now I think it's a bit confusing, because
> >>> it makes it sound like there are two different actions there.
> >
> >> -1 for changing it to just "Submit". But I can agree it's a bit
> confusing.
> >> Maybe change it to "Submit email" or "Send email" or something like that
> >> which again makes it clear what happens. Just "submit" will again direct
> >> people away from the fact that they are sending an email. Or maybe
> "Submit
> >> public bug report"?
> >
> > "Submit public bug report" would be OK by me; indeed it seems better
> > than any of these alternatives, because really the key word here is
> > "public".
>
> Alright, after playing around with the checkbox alignment a bit and
> reaching the point of diminishing returns, I came up with this: slightly
> shorter text around the checkbox, and the button saying "Submit Bug
> Report."
>

I still think that is a regression, since fact that it's generating an
email is *removed* from the button. See previous comment to that
regard, suggesting the addition of "public". But it seems I may be outvoted
on that :)

I also wonder if we should just remove the basically identical text from
the top of the form, now that it sits with the confirmation checkbox? Or
keep them both in the vain hope that people might read at least one of
them? :)

I'll let this bake a couple of days and after such, if no objections,
> I'll commit it.
>

The actual objection I have was also mentioned before, which is that the
docs comment submission form should be treated the same way. They're
basically the same thing, just to a different mailinglist, so there is no
reason to expect people to read them differently.

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