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* Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) @ 2004-08-11 18:55 Tom Lane <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Tom Lane @ 2004-08-11 18:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: pgsql-www The pop-up list at http://www.postgresql.org/bugform.html offers "7.5 Dev", which probably ought to be replaced by "8.0". Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and just make the version a text entry field. Seems like the list is *always* out of date. (It's still missing 7.4.1 and later, for example.) We've seen people complain about that before. regards, tom lane ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) @ 2004-08-11 21:08 Robert Treat <[email protected]> parent: Tom Lane <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Robert Treat @ 2004-08-11 21:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:55, Tom Lane wrote: > The pop-up list at http://www.postgresql.org/bugform.html > offers "7.5 Dev", which probably ought to be replaced by "8.0". > > Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and > just make the version a text entry field. Seems like the > list is *always* out of date. (It's still missing 7.4.1 and later, > for example.) We've seen people complain about that before. > I am guessing the concern is that this forces people to pick something rather than not reporting a version at all. (Note, this isn't an objection to the idea, I'm rather ambivalent myself) At a minimum Marc should add a note to his release process to either update this file or send email to webmaster to update the file. In the mean time I have updated this with 8.0 Beta and all 7.4.x versions. Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) @ 2004-08-11 21:28 Tom Lane <[email protected]> parent: Robert Treat <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Tom Lane @ 2004-08-11 21:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Robert Treat <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www Robert Treat <[email protected]> writes: > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:55, Tom Lane wrote: >> Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and >> just make the version a text entry field. > I am guessing the concern is that this forces people to pick something > rather than not reporting a version at all. (Note, this isn't an > objection to the idea, I'm rather ambivalent myself) That was probably the idea, but there is no guarantee that they'll pick the right thing anyway. And if the box doesn't *offer* the right thing then it's actively hurting the cause. I think on balance it's a loss. regards, tom lane ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) @ 2004-08-12 17:30 Robert Treat <[email protected]> parent: Tom Lane <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Robert Treat @ 2004-08-12 17:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 17:28, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Treat <[email protected]> writes: > > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:55, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and > >> just make the version a text entry field. > > > I am guessing the concern is that this forces people to pick something > > rather than not reporting a version at all. (Note, this isn't an > > objection to the idea, I'm rather ambivalent myself) > > That was probably the idea, but there is no guarantee that they'll pick > the right thing anyway. And if the box doesn't *offer* the right thing > then it's actively hurting the cause. I think on balance it's a loss. > Anyone else want to weigh in before I change it to an empty text box? Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) @ 2004-08-12 17:52 Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]> parent: Robert Treat <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Marc G. Fournier @ 2004-08-12 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Robert Treat <[email protected]>; +Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>; pgsql-www On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Robert Treat wrote: > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 17:28, Tom Lane wrote: >> Robert Treat <[email protected]> writes: >>> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:55, Tom Lane wrote: >>>> Actually I wonder that we shouldn't get rid of the popup and >>>> just make the version a text entry field. >> >>> I am guessing the concern is that this forces people to pick something >>> rather than not reporting a version at all. (Note, this isn't an >>> objection to the idea, I'm rather ambivalent myself) >> >> That was probably the idea, but there is no guarantee that they'll pick >> the right thing anyway. And if the box doesn't *offer* the right thing >> then it's actively hurting the cause. I think on balance it's a loss. >> > > Anyone else want to weigh in before I change it to an empty text box? Only suggest, based on your thought about forcing something ... make it a required field ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: [email protected] Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
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