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From: Robert Treat <[email protected]>
To: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiangshan Liu <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Ask about bug numbering rules in pgsql-bugs mailing list
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 09:42:21 -0500
Message-ID: <CABV9wwOrXL=suRA2jR4Yief8ePSxXVfCxzP2Z-of+a1-sbx9oQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 9:19 AM Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2024-Mar-07, Jiangshan Liu wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> > I'm writing my thesis expecting to refer to commit issues on the PostgreSQL website pgsql-bugs mailing list via bug numbering, but I'm concerned that some of the commit issues are not numbered (e.g., https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/1958255.PYKUYFuaPT%40aivenlaptop#1bdd1e237c4858f85b031352...  ), and I'm curious about this, so I'd like to ask you for what reason this is happening, please! Thank you
>
> We have a web interface to report bugs, which assigns numbers to them;
> this interface simply copies the text to an email to the pgsql-bugs
> mailing list, including the assigned number.  However, many bugs are
> reported not via the web interface but instead by direct email to the
> same pgsql-bugs mailing list or even to another one (frequently
> pgsql-hackers, but others too); these do not get any number.  That's
> exactly what happened in the case you quote.
>
> We don't have a central bug tracking system.
>

That said, it is still quite possible to track bugs in Postgres;
simple even. https://twitter.com/robtreat2/status/1556991088912654337


Robert Treat
https://xzilla.net

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