Re: Getting a move on for 8.2 beta

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Subject: Re: Getting a move on for 8.2 beta
Date: 2006-09-04 02:11:40
Message-ID: 200609040211.k842BeL00837@momjian.us
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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 03:40:40PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > This is also an interesting example for a tracker. If we had one, all
> > discussion on the patch would be in one place, but I am thinking that
> > would require all posting to happen in a browser, or somehow have emails
> > tagged to attach to each item. Is that something that can happen
> > easily? I don't know. Would the repost of a patch be attached to the
> > original submission?
>
> In debbugs for example, the bug gets an email address
> <bugnumber>@bugs.project.site. Anything sent to that address gets
> recorded in the bug. So as long as people hit "reply-to-all" the whole
> thread will be archived in the bug.
>
> I assume other bug trackers have a similar feature...

Oh, so the bug is tracked by being part of the email reply list. That
is a good idea. Now, how does that get assigned for non-bugs, like
patches? Does any email sent to the lists that doesn't already have a
bug number get one? That might be really valuable.

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