Mantis status meanings

> Below...
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> On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Andreas Raab <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> > What do peopple think of the idea of starting over? From what I've
> seen at Google code I much prefer their issue tracker. And there's a
> wiki associated with it that can hold information such as we just
> discussed.
>
> What's Ken Causey think about that? One less web app to keep up, OTOH,
> introduces a potential dependency on a service we don't control.

> I think it's a fine idea myself, but I'd like to see the existing bug
> DB be preserved while the community figures out what works.
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >  - Andreas
> >
> >>  Or
> >>> perhaps close 'em all and start over. The real problem with bug
> trackers
> >>> is that if they're not kept current all the time they tend to
> simply
> >>> overflow.
> >>
> >> YES.
> >>
> >>
> >>>> My only outstanding question is: should I not bother entering
> things in
> >>>> Mantis and just upload to the inbox and be done with it?  That
> would be
> >>>> simpler, obviously, but what's the most helpful?
> >>
> >> Inbox is fine and we do not want to force people to use it. However
> >> for documentation issues we (Michael, Casey, Sean and me) want to
> give
> >> it a try. Our efforts have been modest so far but we want to do
> what
> >> is possible with our time constraints.
> >>
> >> BTW there is an RSS feed of open documentation issues
> >> http://bugs.squeak.org/issues_rss.php?project_id=5&filter_id=947
> >>
> >>
> >>> At this point, the most effective approach is likely to just
> upload to
> >>> the inbox. Since uploads are posted here we see them (we don't see
> bugs
> >>> on Mantis that are posted, fixed, etc. - one of the major
> shortcomings).
> >>> If the fix looks all right you've got a chance it'll be in. And if
> you
> >>> provide a test, you got a *good* chance it'll go in.
> >>
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >> Hannes
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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