From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Link to bug webpage |
Date: | 2001-08-21 15:20:36 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.30.0108211119460.47108-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Can someone point me to a bug that is _not_ on the TODO list? If not,
> > > what does a complete bug database do for us except list reported bugs
> > > and possible workarounds.
> >
> > Do you actually expect someone to go thru the 400+ items in the database
> > and compare them to the TODO list? Seems to me that's something the
> > maintainer of the TODO list would be doing. Can you point me to the form
> > that gets something on the TODO list that the average user can use? Can
> > you guarantee every bug will end up on the TODO list? Can you point me
> > to the place on the TODO list when a user can look at to see if a bug has
> > been fixed or even reported?
>
> I was just asking. If I have been missing stuff, I can see more value
> to a bug database.
>
> > You're making more of an issue with all of this than there is. The TODO
> > list has a purpose, as does CVS, as do the mailing lists, as does the
> > regression database, as does the bugs database, as do the interactive
> > docs, ...
>
> OK, what value does a bug database have over a TODO list?
History. Searchability. Doesn't include features to be addeed.
Vince.
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