[Freeciv-Dev] Re: limitations of the bug tracker (was Re: Re: Improved game starting version 5 (ready?))

[Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear diary, on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 12:01:47AM CET, I got a letter, where Jason
Short <vze2zq63@xxxxxxxxxxx> told me, that...
> - When you send mail to both freeciv-dev and bugs@freeciv, it'll get
> duplicated on the list twice since bugs@freeciv automatically forwards it.
> This is annoying, but only minorly so.
> 
> - When a bug is _initially_ submitted by sending it to both freeciv-dev and
> bugs@freeciv, the bug tracker will automatically append the PR# to the
> subject but freeciv-dev will not.  If people then reply to the wrong e-mail
> (the freeciv-dev one), the bug tracker will have no way of knowing the PR#
> and will just open a new bug.  This is more annoying.
> 
> I think the solution in both cases is just to send mail only to bugs@freeciv,
> until and unless we can confirm that it fails to forward messages.  But
> especially do this when you first submit a patch, as that will avoid the
> second (larger) problem as well.
Trying to say this all the time ;p.

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                                Petr "Pasky" Baudis

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