Hi Julian, On 10/12/2009, at 00:11 , Julian Foad wrote:
> Gavin 'Beau' Baumanis wrote: >> Hi Jon, >> >> I have logged your patch into the issue tracker: #3545 >> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3545 > > Hi Gavin. It's great that you are keeping these patches under control. I > have a couple of suggestions: > > 1. It's probably a good idea to point out in these emails that logging > the patch into the issue tracker does not very much increase the chance > of it being applied, it just makes it easier for us to keep track of its > status, and it could sit there for ever. The original submitter should > try to find out why it is not being applied and see if there is > something he/she can do to help. > Yes, good idea. It is not something I had thought of myself - thanks for the suggestion I will incorporate it into the follow-up email I send when it has gone to the tracker. > 2. Please could you always add a link to the archived email thread when > filing an issue. > I "normally" do add in the URL for the original email or email thread when creating a Patch submission in the tracker. I also noticed your follow-ups last night and subsequent email to the list abut having the url added to the footer of messages - which will help in future. Gavin.