Chris Withers <chrisw@nipltd.com>
<RANT> Now that's the collector has been opened up you can see that certain things have stagnated ;-) If you search for TreeTag, you get seven items. One is a patch fixing a problem I have (which is still there in 2.1.6), another is a patch fixing a problem I didn't know about, and one adds some really useful functionality. They are all between 4 and 8 months old and yet all except one are still 'pending' Even with DC's limited resources that's not very good... </RANT>
There must be a better way, personally I'd like to know how I can help and get these patches into the next point release as quickly as possible.
Any ideas?
As the guy who opened the Collector, and who is actively wading through it at the moment, I can sincerely say, "I feel your pain." I am working on Collector issues, prioritizing them for the next several releases -- patches as always get priority (assuming we can understand them, of course). We are actively working on ways to enable more community in the evaluate/integrate/test cycle, but are obviously not there yet.
PS: I was just about to go and fix these problems myself, so I'm very glad the collector has opened up ;-)
I'm glad that opening it up helped you. If you'd like to "vote" for a patch, try it out on a scratch Zope, with a copy of your "real" Data.fs, and verify that it doesn't raise any new problems, and that it fixes the reported problem. Send me mail, with the issue #'s in the subject, and let me know that it worked (or not -- and patches to patches are accepted, too :) Tres. P.S. I have two of the tree-tag patches (#913/1045) checked in already. -- ========================================================= Tres Seaver tseaver@digicool.com tseaver@palladion.com
P.S. I have two of the tree-tag patches (#913/1045) checked in already.
Hmmm, is that what 'testing' means as a status in the collector? Is there a page anywhere explaining what all the different statuses mean? Ones that have confused me in the past: super-ceded - often doesn't say why/what has superceded it ;-) forgotten - this just worries me ;-) I'll try and have a play with the tree this week. I know I'd like to vote for the expand_all bug. It appears as bugs #870, 911, 919, 1011, 1116 (so it's not just me who finds it a real problem ;-) and there is a patch for it in #919 which I'll try out when I get a chance... cheers, Chris
P.S. I have two of the tree-tag patches (#913/1045) checked in already.
Hmmm, is that what 'testing' means as a status in the collector?
Is there a page anywhere explaining what all the different statuses mean?
The status field has a kind of "humpty-dumpty" semantics: it means whaterver the person who edits the record wants it to mean. :) I probably use it somewhat differently than Brian does, than Michel does, etc. For me, "Testing" means I am waiting to merge from a bugfix branch to the main trunk (an back to the 2.1.x maintenance branch, for "critical" bugs). In this case, I have already done the merge, but haven't gotten back to update the Collector.
Ones that have confused me in the past: super-ceded - often doesn't say why/what has superceded it ;-)
Generally, this is a bug/feature eclipsed by a subsequent release (e.g., even the poster can't repro anymore).
forgotten - this just worries me ;-)
Check out the issues so marked: http://classic.zope.org:8080/Collector/quickBrowse?Current_Status=Forgotten Most of these issues are resolved in the Tracker, which is a total redesign, using newer Zope features and all the experience gleaned from wrestling with the Collector.
I'll try and have a play with the tree this week. I know I'd like to vote for the expand_all bug. It appears as bugs #870, 911, 919, 1011, 1116 (so it's not just me who finds it a real problem ;-) and there is a patch for it in #919 which I'll try out when I get a chance...
Heh, you missed #436. :) I'll look at the patch this morning. Thanks! Tres. -- ========================================================= Tres Seaver tseaver@digicool.com tseaver@palladion.com
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