From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
Cc: | Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)is(dot)rice(dot)edu>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
Subject: | Re: BugTracker (Was: Re: 8.2 features status) |
Date: | 2006-08-16 03:29:02 |
Message-ID: | 28779.1155698942@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> writes:
> I don't know if we ever came up with one, but I know that the big "deal
> killer" for a bug tracker is that a lot of hackers don't want to be
> forced to use a web interface instead of email. So basically, to be
> accepted, a bug tracker would have to have an effective email interface;
> one that allowed for updates to an issue coming in via email. Sadly, I
> don't think such an animal exists.
That was the position that several of us took five-or-six years ago when
the issue first came up ;-)
These days I doubt there's anyone around the project who refuses to use
a web browser at all. However, I still personally find it much more
convenient to read and respond to mailing-list postings than to have to
go and visit random web pages to find out if there's something I need to
know about. So my current take on this would be that the bug tracker
would have to have a reasonable "output" email capability, but I'd not
necessarily insist on being able to "input" to it by mail. Red Hat's
present bugzilla system could be described that way --- and while I
can't say I'm in love with it, I can deal with it.
Now the other side of the coin is that people are used to being able to
email problem reports to pgsql-bugs, and that's not going to stop
anytime soon. If you don't mind having a bug tracker that is clueless
about some fair-size fraction of what is going on, then you can set up a
system that is impervious to email input. Just don't expect people to
trust it very far.
regards, tom lane
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