Re: [TSVN] Re: Integration with bug tracking tools

Michael H. Pryor wrote:

> If the user enters multiple bugs, separated by commas, does each become it's
> own link? Or is the client just doing a straight replace of %BUGID%?

It does a straight replace of the %BUGID%.
Is it really necessary to mention several issues in one commit? AFAIK
issue trackers have the ability to mark some issues as duplicates of
others and/or mark them as dependent on others. So mentioning one issue
should be enough?

> Also, while it might be trivial to add a property to *force* entering a bug
> id, I think it's a bad idea, because required fields always end up making
> life harder for the end users, not every checkin is associated with a bug
> necessarily and also because you can't require users to use the GUI tool
> (they could always drop down to svn command line). So getting developers to
> always put in bug numbers for checkins is a social problem, not a technology
> problem.

Completely agree with that. Such a property would be very bad.

Stefan

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Received on Sat Aug 21 21:46:05 2004