Re: Some gripes about BugTool

From: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Some gripes about BugTool
Date: 2000-08-24 13:33:51
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.0008240933061.27797-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> > > I take it the "PostgreSQL BugTool Submission" posts that've been
> > > appearing on pgsql-bugs for the last day or so are output from our
> > > much-discussed new bug tracking system. I have a couple of major
> > > problems with these reports:
> > > 1. Utterly useless Subject: line. Why does the form ask
> > > for a "short description" if not to use as a subject?
> >
> > easily changed.
> >
> > > 2. From: line is pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, ie, the mail
> > > list address, not the address of the bug submitter.
> > > This makes it hard to reply to the submitter.
> >
> > You have to be on the list to send mail to it. Since every user isn't
> > on the list they can't be in the From line. Complain to Marc.
>
> hrmm, how about setting a Reply-To: address that contains both the
> submitter email and the list?

Made the change but haven't seen any responses yet - I'm not on that
list so I can't see for myself.

Vince.
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