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.
>