On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-06-18 at 12:32 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> The CF app was and is specifically for dealing with CFs. Having it
>> deal with backpatches makes it, well, a bugtracker. It's not meant to
>> be that. If we want a bugtracker, then it has very different
>> requirements.
>
> It's not in evidence that the requirements are different. The CF app is
> basically a list of lists of patches with date information and
> associated person's names. Tracking backpatch candidates doesn't sound
> that much different. (That said, I'm not convinced backpatches need any
> tracking at all, but if they did, I think the CF app would be just
> fine.)
>>
>> Having an always-open CF would defeat the workflow.
>
> I'd imagine having a "CF" entry per release, so after a set of minor
> releases, the "CF" is closed.
Oh, I think I misunderstood what you meant.
That way does make a lot more sense than what I thought you were
saying :) I shall withdraw my objection.
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