User:JesterKing/Drafts/PostCurfew

= Tracker management =

Currently there is a Tracker Curfew in effect. This effort is focused on short-term tracker handling with as goal to bring down the list of open bugs to a more overseeable amount.

I see there is still a problem once curfew gets lifted, since the influx of reports is what got us into the current state.

As such I think it is important to address the problem at its root. Simple handling the result is not going to be sustainable.

Proposal

 * Limit bug reporting ability in developer.blender.org to a smaller group
 * User bug reports should go to a forum (say under devtalk), where the community can work together to distill reports to workable and good quality bug reports
 * Once enough good data has been gathered a bug be logged at developer.blender.org

Projected results
Using a forum as a prescreening or pretriaging area I think we can handle several issues in one go:


 * lower noise/signal ratio on developer.blender.org
 * create a easier-to-use knowledge base on issues
 * handle support issues outside developer.blender.org on the forum
 * involve the community at large more in improving Blender, without having to be a programmer