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Date:      Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:05:01 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
To:        chuckr@picnic.mat.net
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports/13729: strip(1) exits with an error on script file - causes severe portability problems
Message-ID:  <99Sep16.080253est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909131235280.55943-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 02:39:23 +1000, Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> wrote:
(Judging by the headers, this item spent a couple fo days getting from
Chuck to hub).
>This kind of thing, where there is no bug ... where the subject is a
>request for a new feature, isn't this kind of thing the wrong way for
>folks to be using the trouble reporting system?

I don't think so.  send-pr(1) allows the following classes:
>Class:          <[ sw-bug | doc-bug | change-request ] (one line)>

And we have no other tracking mechanism for users' change requests.
There are frequent requests on the general mailing lists to send-pr
things so they don't get lost.  It also allows non-committers (such
as myself) to formally submit new features.

> It seems to me that allowing
>such use of gnats makes it miserably hard for folks to close some PRs.

I agree that mis-classifying feature requests as bugs (which Patrick
has done) causes problems, but this should be handled via a mechanism
to re-classify the PR.  I don't see a problem with having a large
number of `new feature requests' outstanding - as long as they can be
identified as such.

Peter


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