[boost] Patches in trac...

Subject: [boost] Patches in trac...
From: Marshall Clow (marshall_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-08 12:24:42

At BoostCon last year, we had a discussion about the Trac system.
One of the things that we discussed was the fact that the "Patches" tag in Trac
was really a bad way to label things.

Don't get me wrong - patches are a good thing.
However, if a submitted patch fixes a problem, it should be 
categorized as a "bug report" with a fix attached. And if a patch 
adds new functionality, it should be categorized as a "feature 
request" with a proposed implementation attached.

The conclusion that was reached at the end of the discussion was that 
we wanted to get rid of the "Patches" label for Trac tickets, and to 
move all the existing patches to either "Bugs" or "Feature Requests".

I am proposing that this happen immediately after the release of 
version 1.39 - or immediately after BoostCon, say.

What do people think?
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