From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug Database? Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:39:25 +1300 Message-ID: <17717.45053.900033.152204@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <17717.20433.183356.106695@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87odsameu4.fsf@furball.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161146683 12992 80.91.229.2 (18 Oct 2006 04:44:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 18 06:44:40 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ga3I8-0008GG-6R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:44:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ga3I7-0002yX-N5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:44:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ga3GB-0001wY-H3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:42:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ga3G8-0001uZ-55 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:42:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ga3G7-0001uG-3h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:42:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ga3G6-0007Be-Tr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:42:27 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-124-112.snap.net.nz [202.124.124.112]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DDDD7BA924; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:42:23 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id ABFA7BE444; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:39:27 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: Chong Yidong In-Reply-To: <87odsameu4.fsf@furball.mit.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.26 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:60859 Archived-At: > > I think the important thing is that reported bugs don't get lost > > between the cracks, not that every bug is fixed before the release. > > We've been through this before. Everyone agrees with your statement > except RMS. Yes, but I'm also suggesting use of a bug database to ensure that reported bugs don't get lost. That has also come up before and was considered unnecessary, but at that time reported bugs were only recorded in the archives. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob