[ANN] BugFixArchiveViewer 1.1 on SqueakMap
Stephane Ducasse
ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Thu Jun 5 08:34:33 UTC 2003
So daniel should I send the KCP into the list so that people get a
chance to approved them.
Stef
On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 11:20 AM, Daniel Vainsencher wrote:
> To anyone that's every tried reviewing/harvesting stuff but got bored
> with all the steps it takes, this tool is seriously worth having a look
> at. It makes the process quite trivial -
> 1. Install it into a fresh image via SM (save the image so you have it
> always clean).
> 2. When it opens, it get the latest from sqfixes, and shows the same
> kind of display.
> 3. Choose something that looks interesting, do "view attachments" to
> look at the code.
> 4. When done, do "mail to list" to send in your comment.
>
> Most of the hassle is out. It also has useful filters, and the ability
> to fetch more/less recent stuff - make sure to look at the label-side
> menu.
>
> Daniel
>
> Brent Vukmer <bvukmer at blackboard.com> wrote:
>> Enjoy! I built this tool to help me explore the goodies hidden in
>> the archive, and to help harvest fixes and enhancements. I think it's
>> fun to use.
>>
>> Version 1.1 is much faster, more usable and more useful than version
>> 1.0. It has a lot of built-in queries for navigating and organizing a
>> local copy of the Bug Fixes Archive; the default view on the Archive
>> shows [FIX] and [ENH] posts going back several months.
>>
>> Once you've installed the load script, open the BugFixArchiveViewer
>> from the "open..." menu. This opens the default view on the Archive (
>> you can get the same result from this do-it: "BugFixArchiveViewer
>> viewGsugSwikiFixesArchive" ). The viewer will take a few minutes to
>> load updates.
>>
>> Once the viewer opens, try out some of the filtering options. There
>> are lots of filtering options in version 1.1 -- see the tiny-menu in
>> the top pane. Try filtering for groups with "*weakness*" in the title
>> or body text. Also, try filtering for just groups that have a post
>> from "ned at bike-nomad.com". Try filtering for groups with 3 or more
>> posts. Finally, try resetting all filters to their defaults.
>>
>> The BugFixArchiveViewer allows you to send an email directly from the
>> viewer, or to edit your comments in CommentNotePad, a helper
>> application that is designed to help with automating alot of the
>> annoying details about posting to the Bug Fixes Archive (QA tags,
>> using parens correctly, getting the title exactly the same, etc).
>> Play with the the CommentNotePad via the "edit comments in note pad"
>> mouse menu option. Try "edit summary comments" in the tiny-menu; also
>> try setting some of the QA options like "SLint-Approved"; then try
>> sending the comment as an email.
>>
>> Hope you enjoy this tool. It's definitely a beta product -- let me
>> know what you think of it!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Brent
>>
>> P.S. This release is very HTTP-focused; partly because the current
>> Bug Fixes Archive is accessible over HTTP; partly because HTTP is a
>> convenient way to update the local archive when a mail server isn't
>> available. Future versions may offer update-from-MailDB
>> capabilities, if folks are interested.
>
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