[ANN] BugFixArchiveViewer 1.1 on SqueakMap

Daniel Vainsencher danielv at netvision.net.il
Thu Jun 5 12:03:15 UTC 2003


If you mean that you want people to review them, you're welcome to. I
don't care whether the process happens on list or off. Your call.
However, if you still want me to be able to approve them in batches, you
should make sure the final version of each is in the swiki, too.

Daniel

Stephane Ducasse <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
> 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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