On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:31:00 +0100, Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 11:05:22PM -0700, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > You can decide whether or not it is a good idea for you to follow > > suit, but for the next release of DBD::Informix, the documented email > > contact point is going to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd use a dash > > if Gmail allowed it, but they don't -- alphanumerics and dots are all > > that are permitted. The chances are that the relevant email addresses > > are all available, and it would give you 1 GB of email storage for > > reports and such like. > > Why not use the free Request Tracker queues that exist for all CPAN > modules: > > https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=DBD-Informix > https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Dists.html?Queue=Informix > > Seems like a better way to manage bug reports etc., as that's > what RT was designed to do.
One reason for not doing so is ignorance of the existence of the mechanism. Or, total amnesia -- I think I did once get a bug report that way (checks - two of them). Not having used it, I can't comment on its usability. Others appear to have some problems with it. Unless there is a simple way for people to email their problems to that system, it won't fly. And I haven't yet worked out how rt.cpan.org notifies me of the issues - I don't remember the second bug reported about 6 months ago (the other was reported about 18 months ago, resolved inside about 48 hours, and then accidentally left open rather than resolved). OK - Tim's in the 'leave it' camp. That's fine. I'm in the 'take it' camp as indicated by my original email - a statement of direction. I can also mention the rt.cpan.org stuff in the DBD::Informix documentation -- is there an alternative to the NoAuth part of the URL? -- Jonathan Leffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2003.04 - http://dbi.perl.org "I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it."
