Thread: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)

Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)

From
Tom Lane
Date:
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list is *always* out of date.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

Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)

From
Robert Treat
Date:
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 list is *always* out of date.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
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Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)

From
Tom Lane
Date:
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

Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)

From
Robert Treat
Date:
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


Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)

From
"Marc G. Fournier"
Date:
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 ...


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