[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Some help on bug tracking

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:23:55AM -0500, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:39:19PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > > yep. 1683 will not be in 1.14.0. 
> > 
> > I'm worried about that. The bug is so silly, so annoying.
> > It's present since years. Many people complained. Many
> > people have tried to fix it (including Raimar, who wanted
> > to go a step further on and then was stopped).
> > 
> > Do I have a chance of talking you in changing your mind?
> 
> Of course you have a chance. you always have a chance. I realize that this
> is a bugs, and it's been present a long time. However, I've already
> deterred several others from attempting to put 'fixes' in the tree at this
> stage. 1.14.0 is not going to be perfect. There will be unresolved issues.
> The hope is that it _will_ be stable. That is why I hesitate to put
> _anything_ else it the tree before branching.

I see that the expression 'bugfix' is extensible. And I wouldn't
recommend to include my patch without review.

But I don't see the point in not bringing in bugfixes. I thought
that is what 1.14 is all about.

> Raimar stopped himself the last time around. I'm not exactly sure why.

Yes. Maybe he stopped because I was too handy with criticism.

> -mike

Christian

> PS: has anybody had stablilty issues with the current tree?

I don't have any.

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