Re: Commitfest app vs. pgsql-docs

On 5/24/21 10:55 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 4:18 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/24/21 8:42 AM, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>>>> On 24 May 2021, at 11:47, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:08 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>> On 2021-May-19, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's just a reference after all. So someone supplies a reference to an
>>>>>> email on an out of the way list. What's the evil that will occur? Not
>>>>>> much really AFAICT.
>>>> Well, if you include all lists, the ability for you to findi things by
>>>> the "most recent posts" or by searching for anything other than a
>>>> unique message id will likely become less useful.
>>> Thats a good case for restricting this to the smaller set of lists which will
>>> cover most submissions anyways. With a smaller set we could make the UX still
>>> work without presenting an incredibly long list.
>>>
>>> Or, the most recent emails dropdown only cover a set of common lists but
>>> a search will scan all lists?
>>>
>>>> As long as you only ever search by message-id it won't make a difference.
>>> Without any supporting evidence to back it up, my gut feeling tells me the most
>>> recent mails list is a good/simple way to lower the bar for submissions.
>>>
>> Maybe. I only ever do this by using an exact message-id, since that's
>> what the web form specifically asks for :-)
> The webform lets you either do a free text search, or pick from a
> list, or enter a message-id, no?

Yes it does, but the text next to the field says "Specify thread msgid:".

cheers

andrew

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