[GRASS-dev] Bugs vs. wishes

[Patton, Eric]

If it seems that a bug should be reclassed as a wish, I include a note in
the BT saying why I think so, CC'ing it to Maciek. If he's in agreement, he
takes care of it.

~ Eric.

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From: Paolo Cavallini
To: Patton, Eric
Cc: 'grass-dev at grass.itc.it'
Sent: 8/4/2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Bugs vs. wishes

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Right. Could you reclassify the bugs as wishes?
All the best.
pc

Patton, Eric ha scritto:
> Hi guys, 
> 
> One thing that I've noticed a lot in the brief time I've been pouring
> through old bugs is how often a wish is submitted as a bug. Ideas for
> improvments, complaints about 'this could be better' or 'it should
work this
> way instead' get submitted as bugs when they are /not/ bugs. If
software
> doesn't work the way you think it should, this is not a bug. It is a
wish. I
> find that a lot on the BT.
> 
> I wonder if there is a way to put some kind of message in bold letters
on
> the BT advising the user to clearly discriminate between what they
want the
> software to do (a wish) vs. what it is supposed to do based on the
Grass
> documentation (a bug). A /lot/ of "bugs" could be prevented this way.
It's
> fine to have a wish list a mile long, but the more we can prevent
false bugs
> from being posted, the faster we can get a true bug short list created
for
> the devs.
> 
> I don't know if there is anything that can really be done about it,
I'm just
> grumbling. (I'll submit a wish for this).
> 
> ~ Eric.
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