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Re: "version" field in IssueZilla

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2005-01-25 15:57:26 CET

Max Bowsher wrote:

> IssueZilla has a version field.
>
> Ours used to have only a single possibility "all".
>
> Now, is also has "---", "trunk", "1.0.x", and "1.1.x".
>
> But, we don't seem to actually be using this, it's just accumulating
> whatever the initial reporter set it too, and then being totally
> ignored by us.
>
> I don't think the version a bug applies to can be adequately expressed
> in a simple choose-single-option field.
>
> Unless anyone can come up with a way the field can be useful, I intend
> to set all the issues to "---", and delete the other options,
> effectively disabling the field.

-1

Some bugs are specific to a particular version, or (as Julian points
out) to a particular OS. Also, Issuezilla doesn't only contain defects,
it also contains tasks, and those are even more often version-specific.

Certainly, the version (and OS and platform) fields should be reviewed
and changed where necessary, but blindly changing /everything/ is a mistake.

-- Brane

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