Re: Link to bug webpage - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Link to bug webpage
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Msg-id 200108211511.f7LFB7G03052@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Link to bug webpage  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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> > 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?

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