Add Issue tracker numbers to release notes (and other suggestions)

[drstrangelug]

Hi Frontier, a nice quick easy win for you on your request to improve communications at your community interactions. When you fix an issue that was reported in the issue tracker then add the issue tracker number (or a link would be better) in the release notes.

You want people to use the issue tracker rather than forums to report issues, so show that it works. This would encourage it's use by the community.

To make the issue tracker even easier, set autocomplete="on" for all input and text fields where the users is likely to be entering the same thing again and again (OS, Location, Graphics Card, etc...)

 

[Stumpii]

Given there are 25,000+ issues, it is not really feasible to do that. I imagine a large percentage are for the same problem so FDev would spend more time cross referencing issues than fixing them. Unfortunately the issue tracker is not very good at what it is designed to do which just makes the devs work harder, increases the chance of duplicate bugs and gives little user feedback.

 

[drstrangelug]

Given there are 25,000+ issues, it is not really feasible to do that. I imagine a large percentage are for the same problem so FDev would spend more time cross referencing issues than fixing them. Unfortunately the issue tracker is not very good at what it is designed to do which just makes the devs work harder, increases the chance of duplicate bugs and gives little user feedback.

I can apprecaite that, and I'm not asking for a 100% "match what you fixed to an issue." But if a developer is fixing a known issue then add the reference back to that issue.
If they arent spending at least part of that time working on those issues then what is the point of the issue tracker at all?

 

[indust]

Given there are 25,000+ issues, it is not really feasible to do that. I imagine a large percentage are for the same problem so FDev would spend more time cross referencing issues than fixing them. Unfortunately the issue tracker is not very good at what it is designed to do which just makes the devs work harder, increases the chance of duplicate bugs and gives little user feedback.

25k total all time minus invalid tickets. Issues that don't get contributions go old in 30 days and despite being irrelevant for everybody still add to that number. I find acknowledged and confirmed numbers more relevant.