Thread: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)
The pop-up list at http://www.postgresql.org/bugform.html offers "7.5 Dev", which probably ought to be replaced by "8.0". Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and just make the version a text entry field. Seems like the list is *always* out of date. (It's still missing 7.4.1 and later, for example.) We've seen people complain about that before. regards, tom lane
On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:55, Tom Lane wrote: > The pop-up list at http://www.postgresql.org/bugform.html > offers "7.5 Dev", which probably ought to be replaced by "8.0". > > Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and > just make the version a text entry field. Seems like the > list is *always* out of date. (It's still missing 7.4.1 and later, > for example.) We've seen people complain about that before. > I am guessing the concern is that this forces people to pick something rather than not reporting a version at all. (Note, this isn't an objection to the idea, I'm rather ambivalent myself) At a minimum Marc should add a note to his release process to either update this file or send email to webmaster to update the file. In the mean time I have updated this with 8.0 Beta and all 7.4.x versions. Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:55, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and
>> just make the version a text entry field.
> I am guessing the concern is that this forces people to pick something
> rather than not reporting a version at all. (Note, this isn't an
> objection to the idea, I'm rather ambivalent myself)
That was probably the idea, but there is no guarantee that they'll pick
the right thing anyway. And if the box doesn't *offer* the right thing
then it's actively hurting the cause. I think on balance it's a loss.
regards, tom lane
On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 17:28, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:55, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and
> >> just make the version a text entry field.
>
> > I am guessing the concern is that this forces people to pick something
> > rather than not reporting a version at all. (Note, this isn't an
> > objection to the idea, I'm rather ambivalent myself)
>
> That was probably the idea, but there is no guarantee that they'll pick
> the right thing anyway. And if the box doesn't *offer* the right thing
> then it's actively hurting the cause. I think on balance it's a loss.
>
Anyone else want to weigh in before I change it to an empty text box?
Robert Treat
--
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Robert Treat wrote: > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 17:28, Tom Lane wrote: >> Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes: >>> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:55, Tom Lane wrote: >>>> Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and >>>> just make the version a text entry field. >> >>> I am guessing the concern is that this forces people to pick something >>> rather than not reporting a version at all. (Note, this isn't an >>> objection to the idea, I'm rather ambivalent myself) >> >> That was probably the idea, but there is no guarantee that they'll pick >> the right thing anyway. And if the box doesn't *offer* the right thing >> then it's actively hurting the cause. I think on balance it's a loss. >> > > Anyone else want to weigh in before I change it to an empty text box? Only suggest, based on your thought about forcing something ... make it a required field ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664