From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id NAA01067; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:02:53 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA32618 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:02:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from tisch.mail.mindspring.net (tisch.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.157]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hB9C2p108583 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:02:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from user-0cdfhfr.cable.mindspring.com ([24.215.197.251] helo=[192.168.0.3]) by tisch.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1ATgZk-0003HC-00; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:02:49 -0500 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Using Bugzilla for OCaml - will be willing to host or help setting up. From: "Yaron M. Minsky" To: Sven Luther Cc: Caml List In-Reply-To: <20031209074755.GA3735@iliana> References: <3FD52C14.4090608@cs.caltech.edu> <20031209074755.GA3735@iliana> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Cornell University Message-Id: <1070971365.12118.6395.camel@flapdragon.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:02:46 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 bugzilla:01 yaron:01 minsky:01 yminsky:01 cornell:01 sven:01 luther:01 bugzilla:01 horror:99 shortcomings:01 cruft:01 ups:99 screens:99 mutt:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 02:47, Sven Luther wrote: > Bugzilla is an horror to use, please don't. Isn't it kind of silly to suggest not using Bugzilla without an alternative? I think Aleksey did a good job of pointing out the shortcomings of the current system, and Bugzilla seems like a big improvement. In the absence of something better, what else should be done? As for the specific problems, maybe it has a little extra cruft on the emails, but that hardly seems fatal. y > In particular it's mail interface is totally unsuitable. It doesn't > allow you to post follow ups per mail, nor does the mails posted to you > by bugzilla seem very usefull to me (having loads of uninformative > header stuff for a line or two of content which will in fact be hidden > one or two screens down, and i browse with a full screen mutt client > with 50 or so lines). > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther > > ------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners -- |--------/ Yaron M. Minsky \--------| |--------\ http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/yminsky/ /--------| Open PGP --- KeyID B1FFD916 Fingerprint: 5BF6 83E1 0CE3 1043 95D8 F8D5 9F12 B3A9 B1FF D916 ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners