[cups.general] http://www.cups.org/str.php: can't submit (muchmore detailed report hopefullly)

[wtautz]

Michael Sweet wrote:

> wtautz wrote:
>
>> Michael Sweet wrote:
>>
>>> wtautz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Michael Sweet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> wtautz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm a registered user, but it keeps asking me to fill in version of
>>>>>> cups
>>>>>> even though I did that....grrrr,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Details, please!
>>>>>
>>>>> (and you can send web site issues to webmaster at cups.org, BTW...)
>>>>>
>>>> After attempting to submit I get:
>>>>
>>>> *Error:* Fill in the fields as marked and resubmit. In particular,
>>>> Software version: is in red and at this point it only offers
>>>> "Choose Version" and "-version". Prior to submitting I
>>>> had a truckload of versions. I tried 1.2.0 and 1.2.1.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hmm, what are each of the other fields set to?
>>>
>> Tried it again:
>>
>> Application: Core CUPS Software
>> Published: Yes
>> Status: 5 (was chosen for me)
>> Priority: 1
>
>
> OK, all RFEs must be submitted against -feature.  No stable release
> (i.e. 1.2, 1.2.1, etc.) may contain new features, just bug fixes.
>
> "-feature" just means a feature that has not been assigned to a
> future feature release, e.g. 1.3.
>
Perhaps the mysterious error message could be clarified to say what
you just said or -feature could be entered automatically based on whether
a feature was being asked for in the other field.

 I guess the script automatically resets the choices I
can make but it's a pretty confusing :-)