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author | http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/ <http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/@web> | 2008-08-09 07:27:48 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2008-08-09 07:27:48 -0400 |
commit | 146c3b98cd969e2d7844b898b7d8312f486970cd (patch) | |
tree | f49a7b0a0c9181b85bb691e5b3fa061e925c70a7 /doc | |
parent | 907f717bce78d9c08f67475d309f51b0675af288 (diff) |
Add thoughts on bug numbers
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn b/doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn index 0559078e0..628a67fc8 100644 --- a/doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn @@ -20,7 +20,17 @@ be embedded to the source code repository commit messages. > I sorta take your point about bug numbers. It can be a pain to refer to > 'using_a_wiki_for_issue_tracking' as a bug name in a place like a > changelog. -> + +>> Would a modified [[plugins/inline]] plugin that allowed new pages, but without a title field, be ok? +>> When you hit the edit button it just chooses a new number and makes a page with that +>> name. + +>> The only issue I can see with this is if you're using a distributed wiki for +>> distributed bug tracking. In that case you're going to have to make sure that you +>> don't get conflicting bug ids. +>> Maybe there should be two options - consecutive numbering, and uuid numbering +>> which uses a random (128 bit, base64 encoded = 22 chars) name. -- [[Will]] + > OTOH, I don't see a need for specially formatted commit messages to be > used to close bugs. Instead, if your BTS is kept in an ikiwiki wiki in > an RCS along with your project, you can do like I do here, and just edit a |