Issue 43409

Summary:	OO "Base" is so generic a name it is very hard to search
Product:	Base	Reporter:	hap0 <steven>
Component:	code	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	flibby05, issues
Version:	680m79	Keywords:	oooqa
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description hap0 2005-02-23 17:07:08 UTC

Basically by making the reference to the OpenOffice database as merely "Base"
the name nearly impossible to search with any meaningful results for either bug
reports or google for answers to questions.

Feature requests:

1) Come up with a more unique reference for this application
2) List that reference clearly in the issue tracking interface along with the
others so that queries can be done on it for known bugs.

Comment 1 hap0 2005-02-23 17:14:13 UTC

"2) List that reference clearly in the issue tracking interface along with the
others so that queries can be done on it for known bugs."

By this I mean to list it as the appropriate component. The current listing has
something called "Database access", but the name of the application is actually
just "Base", and the terms "Database access" together could be taken to be
referring to issues related to database connectivity issues between OO writer
and mail merges, etc. In other words, as it stands the component list item
"Database access" remains ambiguous, and the issues filed under it that come up
from a query do not seem related to this new app called "Base".

Comment 2 hap0 2005-02-23 17:26:10 UTC

For example when attempting to enter a "new" issue one is presented with the
following list of components:

Chart: 	This is the chart application for data charts and plots.
Database access: 	This is the database access for the applications.
Drawing: 	This is the drawing application for vector and bitmap drawings.
Formula editor: 	This is the formula editor.
Installation: 	This is the installation program.
Presentation: 	This is the presentation application.
Spreadsheet: 	This is the spreadsheet application.
...

Notice how "Database access" seems to refer to generic database connectivity for
all applications. Yet after installing Openoffice 1.9m79 I have a list of
applications which includes one called "Base", yet there is no corresponding
component listed here as one might expect it would read:

Installation: 	This is the installation program.
Presentation: 	This is the presentation application.
Spreadsheet: 	This is the spreadsheet application.
["Base": This is the database application.]
...

I'll even give it a shot at recommending a label for this new app that might be
both unique enough to make searches easier, and meaningful as to the function it
provides. How about "Openbase"?

Comment 3 flibby05 2005-03-10 19:26:57 UTC

hap0, thanks for reporting this!

defect -> enhancement

Comment 4 Frank Schönheit 2005-03-11 07:56:19 UTC

then let's assign it to "requirements", according to
http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/index.html / "QA for RFEs" :)