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

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-03 13:01:07

Beman Dawes wrote:
> 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.

Are errors in documentation considered bugs ?