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Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker |
Date: |
Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:00:46 +0200 |
> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar_Fuentes?= <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:05:42 +0100
>
> > Not just evidence: you should volunteer to do actual work.
> [snip]
>
> ESR volunteered for implementing the DVCS and the bug-tracker. I
> volunteered for spam-filtering and monitoring the bug-tracker. I can do
> other misc things, such as pre-testing the system and later assist other
> users on its use.
Yes, I know. But -- and please forgive me for being so blunt -- I
have enough grey hair to remember a few instances in the past where
people with good intentions said things like that. Sadly, intentions
are all we are left with to this day.
I want to see some action, in addition to good intentions and more
talking.
> > A bug tracker is a good case in point: Richard stated quite some time
> > ago the basic requirements for his acceptance of such a tool, but no
> > one stepped forward to do anything practical about that.
>
> I'll be grateful if you direct me to the message where this requirements
> were stated. I failed to find it on the archives.
What did you look for? "bug tracker" worked for me.
Try the thread which started with this message:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-10/msg00484.html
> A bug tracker that is not updated by its users is worse than not having
> a bug tracker. :-)
X done badly is worse than not having X... this is a general
justification for rejecting change, not for rejecting bad ideas.
These are not my words, they're yours, posted just a few hours ago.
> The advantages of a living database over a static text file are too
> large to enumerate.
But the advantage of the flat text file is that it exists.
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, (continued)
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Óscar Fuentes, 2008/01/04
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Alan Mackenzie, 2008/01/04
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Óscar Fuentes, 2008/01/04
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Miles Bader, 2008/01/04
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Óscar Fuentes, 2008/01/04
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Óscar Fuentes, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Óscar Fuentes, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Reiner Steib, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, David Kastrup, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Óscar Fuentes, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Bastien, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Óscar Fuentes, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Bastien, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Bastien, 2008/01/05
- Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker, Richard Stallman, 2008/01/07