On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 01:14:42PM -0700, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > 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.
It's not perfect - but it is a functional bug tracking system. > Unless there is a simple way for people to email their problems to > that system, it won't fly. Easy: bug-<any-distribution-name>@rt.cpan.org so: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > And I haven't yet worked out how > rt.cpan.org notifies me of the issues Probably to <CPANID>@cpan.org. > 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? People with PAUSE ids can login. NoAuth is effectively 'guest' access. Tim.
