Re: [boost] [git] automatic ticket closing

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] automatic ticket closing
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-05 11:28:23

AMDG

On 12/05/2013 01:00 AM, Bjorn Reese wrote:
> On 12/05/2013 12:53 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:
> 
>> I think the same thing is happening as happened with Git itself. You can
>> speculate about whether A is better than B all you want, but actually
>> using
>> something alters your perspective. If I had to put my finger on what
>> is was
>> in the case of the issues lists, I would say the responsiveness of the
>> GitHub issue tracker. But whatever it is, something is making me want to
>> abandon the old trac issue tracker ASAP.
> 
> Please notice that the GitHub issue tracker does not allow you to attach
> patches (you can only attach graphics.)
> 

Patches aren't the only use for attachments.  Test
cases are also common (and absolutely critical).  If
the github issue tracker doesn't support attachments,
then it's simply a non-starter.

> This raises the question if the only way to contribute will be through
> GitHub pull requests. While these certainly are convenient to the
> maintainers, they do require extra work for the casual contributor:
> 
>   https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork
> 

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe