On Thursday, July 25, 2024, Mohab Yaser <
mohabyaserofficial2003@gmail.com> wrote:
I wrote a simple script to get all issues from the pgsql-bugs list that are reported by the form (basically getting just the issues without any replies to them) and now while searching through these issues I can't know directly whether it is solved or not, just a workaround is checking any discussions in its thread whether there is a patch file attached or not but it is not accurate as submitting a patch is not related to the issue itself neither by mentioning the issue id or the issue itself is marked as solved or at least someone is working on it, so if anyone can help it will be very appreciated.
If there are zero replies the odds of it being resolved are reasonably close to zero. But you are correct that seeing a reply ultimately means that whether or not the issue is resolved is unknown. Historical data conforms to this and I don’t foresee any meaningful change in reality in the near future either. Mostly because the vast majority of bugs get confirmed and resolved in a timely manner by those responsible for them. But the bug report only generally gets acknowledgement, patches get worked on in -hackers. Stronger/actual enforcement of bug tracking in it commit messages is possible but IMO the political capital needed is better spent elsewhere.
While it is presently not the easiest to use, the commitfest is where effort should be expended. There is at least problem recognition [1] and some concrete changes [2] suggested for improvements there which could use people needing those changes in order to effectively contribute to the project to use the current system, look over the commentary and ideas, and chime in with their own perspective.
David J.
