Re: [Tails-dev] Should we avoid using the word bug?

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Author: winterfairy
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Should we avoid using the word bug?
> On 05/09/13 18:54, intrigeri wrote:
>> sajolida@??? wrote (05 Sep 2013 16:23:33 GMT) :
>>> So, my proposal is to use "error" sometimes, but keep "bug" once the
>>> ambiguity has be cleared. And to do that:
>>
>>> 1. Change the desktop shortcut and the title of the documentation page
>>> to "Report an error".
>>> 2. Change "Exact steps to reproduce the problem" to "Exact steps to
>>> reproduce the error".
>>> 3. Change "Actual result / the problem" to "Actual result, the error".
>>
>> In this plan, I don't see where "bug" is used once the ambiguity is
>> cleared. May you please clarify?
>
> The word "bug" will still be used as until now on the page
> https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/bug_reporting/, and in the intro
> text of Whisperback.
>
> Does that make sense or do you think it will be confusing to have only
> the title of the page and the launcher talk about "error" instead of
> "bug"; winterfairy, what do you think about all that?


I still don't like the word bug, and other software doesn't seem to use
the word bug in interfaces for casual users. Also, consistency.

But I'm ok with it being used after the ambiguity is cleared, like the
proposal above.