Re: No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So! - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joe Conway
Subject Re: No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!
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Msg-id 56057C9C.50100@joeconway.com
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In response to Re: No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On 09/25/2015 09:32 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> 2. There's no visibility for outsiders as to what issues are open or
> recently fixed.  Not being outsiders, I'm not sure that we are terribly
> well qualified to describe this problem precisely or identify a good
> solution --- but I grant that there's a problem there.
>
> I do not know how much emphasis the project should place on point #2.
> By definition, fixing that will not return any direct benefit to us.

I would argue that there is some benefit for us in terms of advocacy. We
certainly get criticized for our lack of a bug tracker. I don't know of
anyone who specifically rejected Postgres because of that fact, but
would not be surprised if has happened.

Joe

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