If possible (AFAIK it was, in other instances of bugzilla I have used in the past), I would propose to add a template for the reporting of an issue. Something like: Preconditions/Environment ------------------------- List here what is the setup used. Triggering Action/Cause ----------------------- What how to make the phenomenon to happen. Expectation ----------- What should happen. Actual Result ------------- What really happens Reproducibility --------------- m/n Where: n = total number of attempts m = number of times the phenomenon is visible This template is more focused on reporting issues than requesting new features, but it could be adjusted to cover both. Or maybe 2 different templates would be given to the user, then the one that is not needed could be removed by the user.
It should be trivial to add this default text to the description field of all new bugs in the enter_bug.cgi script. This would require people to select all and delete if they didn't want to follow the template. Shall I add it?
We are going to add a link in the Bugzilla New Bug page to a wiki page that will contain this template along with other information about providing a good bug description. This will allow for multiple templates that can be cut/pasted and more details without cluttering bugzilla's description area.
The current text is: Please review the Bugzilla Guidelines and use a New Bug Template to ensure you include all needed information. Visible at https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=OE-Core
Updated to "Before posting a bug, please review the Yocto Project Bugzilla Guidelines wiki, the wiki also contains some Bugzilla Description Templates to help ensure a complete bug report or enhancement request is made." I think this will work. Please update the https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bugzilla_Templates#Bugzilla_Templates as needed.