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* Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)
@ 2004-08-11 18:55 Tom Lane <[email protected]>
2004-08-11 21:08 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Robert Treat <[email protected]>
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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list is *always* out of date.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
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* Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)
2004-08-11 18:55 Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Tom Lane <[email protected]>
@ 2004-08-11 21:08 ` Robert Treat <[email protected]>
2004-08-11 21:28 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Tom Lane <[email protected]>
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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 list is *always* out of date.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
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* Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)
2004-08-11 18:55 Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Tom Lane <[email protected]>
2004-08-11 21:08 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Robert Treat <[email protected]>
@ 2004-08-11 21:28 ` Tom Lane <[email protected]>
2004-08-12 17:30 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Robert Treat <[email protected]>
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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
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* Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)
2004-08-11 18:55 Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Tom Lane <[email protected]>
2004-08-11 21:08 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Robert Treat <[email protected]>
2004-08-11 21:28 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Tom Lane <[email protected]>
@ 2004-08-12 17:30 ` Robert Treat <[email protected]>
2004-08-12 17:52 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
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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
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* Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still)
2004-08-11 18:55 Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Tom Lane <[email protected]>
2004-08-11 21:08 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Robert Treat <[email protected]>
2004-08-11 21:28 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Tom Lane <[email protected]>
2004-08-12 17:30 ` Re: Wrong version number on bug form (again) (still) Robert Treat <[email protected]>
@ 2004-08-12 17:52 ` Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
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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 ...
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