Re: Link to bug webpage

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > > Can someone point me to a bug that is _not_ on the TODO list?  If not,
> > > what does a complete bug database do for us except list reported bugs
> > > and possible workarounds.
> >
> > Do you actually expect someone to go thru the 400+ items in the database
> > and compare them to the TODO list?   Seems to me that's something the
> > maintainer of the TODO list would be doing.  Can you point me to the form
> > that  gets something on the TODO list that the average user can use?  Can
> > you  guarantee every bug will end up on the TODO list?  Can you point me
> > to the place on the TODO list when a user can look at to see if a bug has
> > been fixed or even reported?
>
> I was just asking.  If I have been missing stuff, I can see more value
> to a bug database.
>
> > You're making more of an issue with all of this than there is.  The TODO
> > list has a purpose, as does CVS, as do the mailing lists, as does the
> > regression database, as does the bugs database, as do the interactive
> > docs, ...
>
> OK, what value does a bug database have over a TODO list?

History.  Searchability.  Doesn't include features to be addeed.

Vince.
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