[squeak-dev] RE: Mantis status meanings

Ken Causey ken at kencausey.com
Tue Sep 7 03:55:11 UTC 2010


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [squeak-dev] RE: Mantis status meanings
> From: "Sean P. DeNigris" <sean at clipperadams.com>
> Date: Mon, September 06, 2010 10:32 pm
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> 
> 
> Ken Causey wrote:
> > ...Mantis is... purely optional and few Core Developers use it.
> [shocked]  Okay, problem solved.  The "Bug Reporting" link on
> http://www.squeak.org/Community/ goes right to Mantis, so I always assumed
> that's how things were done.  Maybe a more appropriate note would be on that
> page... something along the lines of "We currently use Mantis for issue
> tracking... got ya!" ;-)
> 
> 
> Ken Causey wrote:
> > 
> > 2.  Would you really say that barring a few details, particularly
> > regarding the resolved/closed statuses, that my explanation were at all
> > unlike what you assumed?
> I was really just unclear whether I should set a different status because I
> put a fix in the inbox, but your answers did make things more clear in
> general, if only to say "don't worry about it."  Thanks again.
> 
> My only outstanding question is: should I not bother entering things in
> Mantis and just upload to the inbox and be done with it?  That would be
> simpler, obviously, but what's the most helpful?

Personally I consider more information helpful; sometimes the extra info
is most valuable months after a fix is incorporated and some other
related issue turns up and we try to understand again why a change was
made.  So I'm entirely in favor of using bugs.squeak.org.  However,
there are not that many interested in dealing with issues in Squeak and
especially any more red-tape than necessary; and I'm aware that many see
the need to use Mantis is nothing more than red-tape, and I can
understand that opinion even if I disagree.

As such I agreed with the decision to consider the use of Mantis
optional and to focus as much as possible on making it easier for bug
fixers.  I think in a few cases we are going to regret not having some
information, but it hasn't happened yet to my knowledge, and may not.

So, if you are happy to use Mantis, please do.  If you also submit your
fix to the Inbox, even better.  Or you can skip Mantis and post it
directly to the Inbox.  It's up to you, just make some effort with the
package version comment if you would.

Ken

> 
> Sean
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