Re: Link to bug webpage

On Tuesday 21 August 2001 11:11, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, what value does a bug database have over a TODO list?

The TODO list isn't just a list of bugs that need fixing.

A bug database is just that -- a list of bugs in existing features. While
Requests of Enhancements certainly can be accomodated through a bug database,
that isn't its primary function.

Bugzilla, while clunky for some things, does have some great benefits,
including the ability to discuss that bug in context; attach patches, logs,
stack traces, or whatnot; mark the bug's status; assign the bug to someone;
as well as many other features.

The TODO list as well as the mailing lists, while both great for what they
do, make it all too easy to loose a bug's context, being that both lists are
flat-files trying to track relational things. :-)

Red Hat makes mission-critical use of bugzilla running on Oracle. See
bugzilla.redhat.com. And ask the Red Hat people on these lists their
opinions of bugzilla.
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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