From: <Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net>
To: john@grabjohn.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dedicated kernel bug database
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 02:50:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0725500480216c2DTVMAIL7@smtp.cwctv.net> (raw)
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What are your ideas???
Regards, Dean.
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:48:53 +0000 (GMT) John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com> wrote:
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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
To: mbligh@aracnet.com (Martin J. Bligh)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dedicated kernel bug database
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:48:53 +0000 (GMT)
Message-ID: <200212200948.gBK9mrXh000326@darkstar.example.net>
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> > I've got loads of ideas about how we could build a better bug database
>
> Go ahead, knock yourself out. Come back when you're done.
Not sure what you mean. I do intend to start coding a new bug
database system today, and I'll announce it on the list when it's
ready. If nobody likes it, I wasted my time.
> > - for example, we have categories at the moment in Bugzilla. Why? We
> > already have a MAINTAINERS file, so say somebody looks up the relevant
> > maintainer in that list, finds them, then goes to enter a bug in
> > Bugzilla. Now they have to assign it to a category, and different
> > people may well assign the same bug to different categories -
> > immediately making duplicate detection more difficult.
>
> Have you actually looked at the maintainers file?
Yes.
> It's a twisted mess of outdated information,
Then it should be updated, that is nothing to do with Bugzilla.
> in no well formated order.
Looks easy enough to parse with regular expressions to me.
> The category list in Bugzilla was an attempt to bring some sanity to
> the structure,
By adding an extra layer of abstraction. I don't agree that that
helps.
> though I won't claim it's perfect. We really need a 3-level tree,
> but that's a fair amount of work to code.
I disagree, (that we need a 3-level tree).
John.
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2002-12-22 2:50 Hell.Surfers [this message]
2002-12-22 9:16 ` Dedicated kernel bug database John Bradford
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2002-12-22 18:53 Adam J. Richter
2002-12-20 11:18 Nicolas Mailhot
2002-12-20 2:26 Dan Kegel
2002-12-19 21:04 Heater, Daniel (IndSys, GEFanuc, VMIC)
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2002-12-19 20:33 ` Justin Pryzby
2002-12-19 17:46 Dan Kegel
2002-12-19 18:00 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 18:08 ` Eli Carter
2002-12-19 20:08 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 20:38 ` Eli Carter
2002-12-19 20:59 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 21:14 ` Eli Carter
2002-12-20 14:23 ` Horst von Brand
2002-12-19 22:05 ` Dan Kegel
2002-12-19 22:26 ` Dan Kegel
2002-12-19 23:09 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 13:35 John Bradford
2002-12-19 17:33 ` Brian Jackson
2002-12-20 3:26 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-12-19 17:48 ` Eli Carter
2002-12-19 18:49 ` Dave Jones
2002-12-19 19:49 ` Eli Carter
2002-12-19 20:12 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 20:24 ` Eli Carter
2002-12-19 20:45 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 19:52 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 20:18 ` Dave Jones
2002-12-19 20:32 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-12-19 20:42 ` John Bradford
2002-12-20 3:40 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-12-20 9:48 ` John Bradford
2002-12-20 10:40 ` Dave Jones
2002-12-20 16:08 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-12-20 3:35 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-12-20 17:32 ` Jon Tollefson
2002-12-19 20:09 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-12-19 20:32 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 21:11 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2002-12-19 21:40 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 21:32 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-12-19 21:55 ` John Bradford
2002-12-19 21:57 ` Eli Carter
2002-12-19 21:55 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-12-19 22:45 ` Hanna Linder
2002-12-20 1:39 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-12-20 2:01 ` Hanna Linder
2002-12-20 2:20 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-12-20 15:09 ` Jon Tollefson
2002-12-20 23:52 ` Hanna Linder
2002-12-21 3:30 ` Jon Tollefson
2002-12-20 10:35 ` Dave Jones
2002-12-20 19:37 ` Hanna Linder
2002-12-20 2:10 ` Hanna Linder
2002-12-20 2:22 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-12-20 2:58 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-12-20 3:21 ` Martin J. Bligh
[not found] ` <31080000.1040418947@w-hlinder>
2002-12-21 2:52 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-12-21 3:27 ` Jon Tollefson
2002-12-30 21:58 ` Hanna Linder
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2002-12-19 23:59 ` Pete Zaitcev
2002-12-20 0:19 ` Hanna Linder
2002-12-20 0:24 ` Pete Zaitcev
2002-12-20 1:01 ` Hanna Linder
2002-12-20 10:32 ` Dave Jones
2002-12-20 10:41 ` Russell King
2002-12-20 10:30 ` Dave Jones
2002-12-20 15:43 ` Eli Carter
2002-12-19 22:23 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
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