On 9/6/2010 8:32 PM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
> 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!" ;-)

The reality is that Mantis is completely overloaded with old crap. And 
we lack the man power to keep it current (if you're willing to help 
you're more than welcome). I think that what we should probably do is to 
just close all bugs older than two years to get a handle on it. Or 
perhaps close 'em all and start over. The real problem with bug trackers 
is that if they're not kept current all the time they tend to simply 
overflow.

> 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?

At this point, the most effective approach is likely to just upload to 
the inbox. Since uploads are posted here we see them (we don't see bugs 
on Mantis that are posted, fixed, etc. - one of the major shortcomings). 
If the fix looks all right you've got a chance it'll be in. And if you 
provide a test, you got a *good* chance it'll go in.

Cheers,
   - Andreas