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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] BUGS and NEWS files (was: Make Leonardo's Workshop choose a random unit ...)
From: Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:14:22 -0500

At 2001/02/10 19:31 , Reinier Post wrote:
>On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 11:58:48AM -0500, Jeff Mallatt wrote:
>> At 2001/02/07 10:15 , you wrote:
>> >This reminds me of a problem with the Known Bugs section on
>> >www.freeciv.org: it really is the HTML-reformatted BUGS file,
>> >and therefore, does not list Known Bugs in the latest release.
>> >In the case of 1.11.4, the broken packets / reconnection bug,
>> >which appears to be fixed in CVS, really should be listed somewhere.
[snip]
>> I'm not sure about the BUGS file -- it references the bug tracking system,
>> which is the real source of bug information.
>
>OK, I didn't realise and I will check that some other time.
>
>> The NEWS file should be simple enough -- it's just a policy change, which,
>> of course, requires some education.
>
>Yes.  I think it would actually make the file easier to maintain.

I agree.  Additionally, I think we should remove all "known bugs" from the
BUGS file, and have it simply refer to the bug tracking system and describe
how to report a bug (both of which it already does).

jjm




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