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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Link to bug webpage
Date
Msg-id 200108211544.f7LFi2n14457@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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> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > We could try going the other way, attaching URL's to the TODO items so
> > people can get more information about an existing bug.
> 
> That might be worth doing, but I think it's mostly orthogonal to the
> question of a bug database.  The set of problems that are (still) on the
> TODO list is just a small fraction of the set of bugs that someone might
> look in a bug database for --- anything that's already fixed in current
> sources is probably not going to be on TODO, if it ever got there at
> all (which easily-fixed problems do not).

That is a good point.  I remove items after we make a release, and we
don't record quickly fixed items.  I wonder if I should keep the HISTORY
file updated more frequently so people can see what has been fixed from
the previous release.

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