Обсуждение: Ask about bug numbering rules in pgsql-bugs mailing list
Hello!
I'm writing my thesis expecting to refer to commit issues on the PostgreSQL website pgsql-bugs mailing list via bug numbering, but I'm concerned that some of the commit issues are not numbered (e.g., https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/1958255.PYKUYFuaPT%40aivenlaptop#1bdd1e237c4858f85b0313522c6bad2c ), and I'm curious about this, so I'd like to ask you for what reason this is happening, please! Thank you
On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 08:57:57PM +0800, Jiangshan Liu wrote: > Hello! > I'm writing my thesis expecting to refer to commit issues on the PostgreSQL > website pgsql-bugs mailing list via bug numbering, but I'm concerned that some > of the commit issues are not numbered (e.g., https://www.postgresql.org/ > message-id/flat/1958255.PYKUYFuaPT%40aivenlaptop# > 1bdd1e237c4858f85b0313522c6bad2c ), and I'm curious about this, so I'd like to > ask you for what reason this is happening, please! Thank you Uh, many commits are unrelated to actual bug reports. Connecting commits to email messages should be easier, though only some commits mention the email thread that prompted the commit. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.
On 2024-Mar-07, Jiangshan Liu wrote: > Hello! > I'm writing my thesis expecting to refer to commit issues on the PostgreSQL website pgsql-bugs mailing list via bug numbering,but I'm concerned that some of the commit issues are not numbered (e.g., https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/1958255.PYKUYFuaPT%40aivenlaptop#1bdd1e237c4858f85b0313522c6bad2c ), and I'm curiousabout this, so I'd like to ask you for what reason this is happening, please! Thank you We have a web interface to report bugs, which assigns numbers to them; this interface simply copies the text to an email to the pgsql-bugs mailing list, including the assigned number. However, many bugs are reported not via the web interface but instead by direct email to the same pgsql-bugs mailing list or even to another one (frequently pgsql-hackers, but others too); these do not get any number. That's exactly what happened in the case you quote. We don't have a central bug tracking system. -- Álvaro Herrera 48°01'N 7°57'E — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 9:19 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote: > > On 2024-Mar-07, Jiangshan Liu wrote: > > > Hello! > > I'm writing my thesis expecting to refer to commit issues on the PostgreSQL website pgsql-bugs mailing list via bug numbering,but I'm concerned that some of the commit issues are not numbered (e.g., https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/1958255.PYKUYFuaPT%40aivenlaptop#1bdd1e237c4858f85b0313522c6bad2c ), and I'm curiousabout this, so I'd like to ask you for what reason this is happening, please! Thank you > > We have a web interface to report bugs, which assigns numbers to them; > this interface simply copies the text to an email to the pgsql-bugs > mailing list, including the assigned number. However, many bugs are > reported not via the web interface but instead by direct email to the > same pgsql-bugs mailing list or even to another one (frequently > pgsql-hackers, but others too); these do not get any number. That's > exactly what happened in the case you quote. > > We don't have a central bug tracking system. > That said, it is still quite possible to track bugs in Postgres; simple even. https://twitter.com/robtreat2/status/1556991088912654337 Robert Treat https://xzilla.net