Re: [boost] Policy: "preferred" method of reporting bugs

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-03 12:17:25

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
> 
>> http://boost.org/more/bugs.htm still says that the preferred way to
>> report bugs is to send an email message.  Do we really mean that?
>> It's way more reliable to open a Trac ticket.  Is there any reason not
>> to change the "preferred" approach?
> 
> That might well lead to zillion Trac tickets to triage. It might make
> sense to use a policy similar to subversion's:
> 
> 1. Post to list
> 2. If somebody agrees it looks like a bug, and nobody jumps and
> immediately fixes it, enter to Trac

That sounds better to me, because bugs posted to the list often get 
fixed a lot faster. But I'd modify it slightly:

1. Post to list.
2. If it doesn't get fixed immediately, and no one points out it isn't 
really a bug, create a Trac bug report.

-- Beman