On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Norbert Thiebaud <nthieb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The devs really like lo# (as it gives them more room in commit >> messages), > > Yeah, and it is the dev that have to type it a lot, no ?
Sure -- and people on the Ask site, and QA people in FDO...err.... <insert abbreviation here>, etc.. >>but by a wide margin the only 4-char abbreviation in the >> list has taken an early lead. > Sure, but if you were to ask that question on the dev-ml rather than > here.. I'd bet you you'd get many more vote for lo# true. I'd always like to have more devs listening-in on what we talk about on the QA list... ;-) > > Norbert > > PS: btw I don't see the appeal to want to stick characters in there to > re-inforce the idea that it is a bugzilla number... the # in it is > sufficient enough to make that clear > so the b/bz stuff is not only a waste of space.. but also completely > redundant. it is like climbing up or descending down... Fair, fair. One other thing: The abbreviation has a secondary purpose: to be used as shorthand for the bugtracker. Using our two highest-profile options: "Joel, go take a look at regressions on FDO" => "Joel, go take a look at regressions on LO" "Joel, go take a look at regressions on FDO" => "Joel, go take a look at regressions on LOBZ" --R _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
