Re: "Bugs" CF?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "Bugs" CF?
Date: 2015-05-12 14:08:36
Message-ID: 20150512140836.GC2523@alvh.no-ip.org
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Stephen Frost wrote:
> Magnus,
>
> * Magnus Hagander (magnus(at)hagander(dot)net) wrote:
> > We could also use the category that we have now, or even create the concept
> > of a tag (where you can assign multiple ones). And then have a view that
> > brings together a view of everything with a specific tag/category,
> > *regardless* of which CF it's on.
>
> I like the tag idea.

+1

> > So the patch itself would live in whatever CF it was put in (or punted to),
> > but you can get a global view. Which with a filter would make it easy to
> > see "everything flagged as a bugfix that has not been committed". Which I
> > think is the main thing we're looking for here, is it not?
>
> The biggest issue that I see with this is, again, trying to make sure
> people know that they *should* put bug patches into the CF and make it
> clear *which* CF to put them into.

Maybe the answer to this is not to put it in any CF at all, and just
expect it to be seen through a tag view.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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