On 10 Jun 2010, at 02:01, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> > wrote: >> trac called, it wants its job back. >> >> It is really really really unhelpful to bring up every little thing on the >> mailing lists rather than the proper bug-tracking system. Please don't. It >> doesn't mean your alleged bug gets fixed quicker - quite the opposite; it's >> impossible to keep track of what people want if it's scattered over 257 >> mailing lists. > > Yes and no. Raising an issue on a mailing list helps clarify whether > it's actually a bug, lets other users bring their perspectives to it > etc, and ultimately helps create a useful bug report, if appropriate. > You wouldn't like it if there were dozens of Trac bugs along the lines > of "this weird thing happened in Potlatch, not sure why though", > either.
I would. It already happens and it's right that it does. Trac's UI is much, much better for this sort of thing. It groups all feedback in one place, lets the dev categorise its importance, provides a way to file attachments (e.g. screenshots) and so on. But it only works if people use it. The idea is that you search through trac bugs before filing a ticket. If it's been filed before, look at that ticket. If not, file a new one. The worst that can happen is that the dev resolves it as wontfix, which is a lot more efficient than writing endless e-mails on talk or wherever. > Yep (as I just mentioned in the thread on talk-au), I launched it from > nearmap. And it looks like Potlatch remembers the setting even though > I launched it from openstreetmap.org the next time. Ben Last (Nearmap) > asked on the other list if there could be another parameter passed on > the URL which would let them specify what the source tag would be (ie, > "source=nearmap") rather than it always being computed from the tile > parameter. Certainly possible. As mentioned right now I'm only really doing essential maintenance work on P1 while we concentrate on P2 (doesn't stop anyone else patching P1, of course). But file it as an enhancement on trac, because, again, no-one will remember it if it's just yet another mailing list post. cheers Richard > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
