2010/1/7 Trevor Parscal <tparscal(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
Hmmm... Not being able to distinguish the difference
between a bug
tracker and a wiki based on the skins being similar is a point of view I
have a hard time understanding.
Having read quite a few bug reports written in
wikitext (which mostly
doesn't work in Bugzilla, except for [[links]]), I would encourage a
clearer distinction between the wikis and the bug tracker. I don't
want to give people the impression that what they're reporting bugs on
is really a quirky wiki variant: the bug tracker not only uses
different syntax, but also has different policies, procedures and
protocols.
I like the Launchpad design, its use of less jargon-like language and
how it lists status changes amid the comments and provides a full
activity log on a separate page.
Having a consistent style across our
tool-chain would by most people's thinking be an improvement in the way
that each tool is more connected feeling...
That's a nice idea in principle, but as outlined above I'd like to
keep the similarities limited. Our bug tracker should actively
communicate it's Wikimedia's (name and logo in prominent places) but
shouldn't feel /too/ familiar to people that are used to wikis.
Besides, we would be styling it with Vector not
Monobook. Monobook is so
last decade!
I do agree that if we restyle anything, we should at least improve its looks :)
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)