From 3cf62292e11f0a8809f9f53f1be77acd80d0fb43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:33:42 +0200 Subject: Forum: discussion about the ever-growing list of pages. --- doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn (limited to 'doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn') diff --git a/doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn b/doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..84b9fe6ee --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +What is overyone's idea about the ever-growing list of pages in bugs/ etc.? +Once linked to `done`, they're removed from the rendered [[bugs]] page -- but +they're still present in the repository. + +Shouldn't there be some clean-up at some point for those that have been +resolved? Or should all of them be kept online forever? + +Likewise, for example in [[forum/ikiwiki__39__s_notion_of_time]], should one +remove the text about the implementation bug that has been fixed, or should it +stay there, for reference? + +--[[tschwinge]] -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4c9ded61db6baf9a5cbd7342055b9ad783ca2351 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Dowland Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:24:37 +0100 Subject: response --- doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn') diff --git a/doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn b/doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn index 84b9fe6ee..85a39e107 100644 --- a/doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/ever-growing_list_of_pages.mdwn @@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ remove the text about the implementation bug that has been fixed, or should it stay there, for reference? --[[tschwinge]] + +> To answer a question with a question, what harm does having the done bugs +> around cause? At some point in the future perhaps the number of done pages +> will be large enough to be a time or space concern. Do you think we've +> reached a point now? One advantage of having them around is that people +> running older versions of the Ikiwiki software may find the page explaining +> that the bug is fixed if they perform a search. -- [[Jon]] -- cgit v1.2.3