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From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-17 11:20:37


At Wednesday 2002/10/16 22:58, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. [mailto:vawjr_at_[hidden]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:31 PM
> > To: Boost mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [boost] Issue/Bug Tracking
> >
> >
> > At Wednesday 2002/10/16 11:56, you wrote:
> > >"Iain K.Hanson" <iain.hanson_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > >
> > > > I don't know that one but I thought that the standard open source
> > > > bug tracker was bugzilla at http://www.bugzilla.org/
> > >
> > >Well, I went there and followed a link to the demo of their CVS tip:
> > >http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/. The search
> > results page has
> > >language right at the top which immediately soured my experience of
> > >bugzilla.
> >
> > I just ran 3 searches and found nothing offensive or
> > disturbing. What turned you off?
>
>I see now. Bugzilla has a feature that it puts up a "quip" that is
>randomly chosen from a collection of quips to which users can add. These
>quips sometimes reflect the sense of humor of sleep-deprived software
>engineers. Apparently Dave saw one that he found to be not so humorous.

actually quips can be added by: anyone, administrators-only, or nobody
depending on how one sets up the configuration (like any _good_
program). I guess it's just as well that I didn't give up on Unix because
the admin saw fit to include a "quip of the day" on everyone's
login. Hard to believe that I leap to conclusions slower than anyone else.

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