Re: Getting a move on for 8.2 beta

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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