Re: RFC: Issue tracker treatment of patches.

2010-05-10 Thread C. Michael Pilato
Okay, this change has been made. Please refrain from using the PATCH issue tracker type from now on. If you have a patch to post to a new tracker item, create the item as a DEFECT or ENHANCEMENT or FEATURE, attach the patch, and add the 'patch' keyword to the issue. Thanks all! -- With love, an

Re: RFC: Issue tracker treatment of patches.

2010-05-10 Thread Craig L Russell
Hi C. Michael, As a developer of non-svn stuff and a user of svn, not a developer of svn, I support your notion that PATCH doesn't have any meaning. I might also make the same comment about TASK. But that's another issue for another day. Craig On May 7, 2010, at 9:39 AM, C. Michael Pilat

Re: RFC: Issue tracker treatment of patches.

2010-05-07 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 12:39:05PM -0400, C. Michael Pilato wrote: > I've never been a fan of the PATCH issue type present in our tracker. While > the other issue types (TASK, DEFECT, ENHANCEMENT, FEATURE) tell you > something about the problem that needs a-fixin', PATCH tells you only that > some

RFC: Issue tracker treatment of patches.

2010-05-07 Thread C. Michael Pilato
I've never been a fan of the PATCH issue type present in our tracker. While the other issue types (TASK, DEFECT, ENHANCEMENT, FEATURE) tell you something about the problem that needs a-fixin', PATCH tells you only that someone has proposed some code change. But for what? So in the ViewVC project