Re: "Bugs" CF? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: "Bugs" CF?
Date
Msg-id 20150512140836.GC2523@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: "Bugs" CF?  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: "Bugs" CF?  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Stephen Frost wrote:
> Magnus,
> 
> * Magnus Hagander (magnus@hagander.net) wrote:
> > We could also use the category that we have now, or even create the concept
> > of a tag (where you can assign multiple ones). And then have a view that
> > brings together a view of everything with a specific tag/category,
> > *regardless* of which CF it's on.
> 
> I like the tag idea.

+1

> > So the patch itself would live in whatever CF it was put in (or punted to),
> > but you can get a global view. Which with a filter would make it easy to
> > see "everything flagged as a bugfix that has not been committed". Which I
> > think is the main thing we're looking for here, is it not?
> 
> The biggest issue that I see with this is, again, trying to make sure
> people know that they *should* put bug patches into the CF and make it
> clear *which* CF to put them into.

Maybe the answer to this is not to put it in any CF at all, and just
expect it to be seen through a tag view.

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