From 146c3b98cd969e2d7844b898b7d8312f486970cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/" Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 07:27:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add thoughts on bug numbers --- doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn b/doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn index 0559078e0..628a67fc8 100644 --- a/doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/Better_bug_tracking_support.mdwn @@ -20,7 +20,17 @@ be embedded to the source code repository commit messages. > I sorta take your point about bug numbers. It can be a pain to refer to > 'using_a_wiki_for_issue_tracking' as a bug name in a place like a > changelog. -> + +>> Would a modified [[plugins/inline]] plugin that allowed new pages, but without a title field, be ok? +>> When you hit the edit button it just chooses a new number and makes a page with that +>> name. + +>> The only issue I can see with this is if you're using a distributed wiki for +>> distributed bug tracking. In that case you're going to have to make sure that you +>> don't get conflicting bug ids. +>> Maybe there should be two options - consecutive numbering, and uuid numbering +>> which uses a random (128 bit, base64 encoded = 22 chars) name. -- [[Will]] + > OTOH, I don't see a need for specially formatted commit messages to be > used to close bugs. Instead, if your BTS is kept in an ikiwiki wiki in > an RCS along with your project, you can do like I do here, and just edit a -- 2.26.2