Fix for xc/programs/Xserver/hw/dmx/config/Imakefile / Re: CVSUpdate: xc (branch: trunk)

Roland Mainz roland.mainz at nrubsig.org
Mon Nov 8 08:26:13 PST 2004


Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 01:01:58AM +0100, Roland Mainz wrote:
> > Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
> > >   2004-11-07 Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione at fabbione.net>
> > >
> > >           * programs/Xserver/hw/dmx/config/Imakefile
> > >           Add missing InstallProgram targets for the Xdmx configuration tools.
> >
> > Is there a bugzilla bugid for that ?
> 
> Indeed, I've been advising Fabio -- sorry about that.  Do we need a
> Bugzilla ID for all patches, or just 6.8.x candidates?

Technicially only for X11R6.8.x canidates bug having bug ids for all
patches would help in other cases (see below).

> Come to think of
> it, this is probably an ideal 6.8.x candidate ... I blame being
> jetlagged while I read the original discussion. ;)

Bugzilla is not only a bugreporting system, it can also be used for
documentation and syncronisation across developers (e.g. think about
bugzilla as a mailinglist system, one list per bugid). Right now it is
not mandatory to use it but on the other side it isn't really a pain to
capture a diff and put it into a bugzilla bug (you do _not_ have to
write a essay with 2000 words to describe the patch). It helps a lot if
that patch should later be put into a branch or caused problems
somewhere - then people can simply comment into that bug (reaching the
developer directly and keeping all comments related to that patch
together instead of being shattered over the whole mailinglist) instead
of using this mailinglist.
Please _use_ bugzilla for new patches if possible. It helps a lot with
keeping things under control. X.org gets more and more developers and
right now it's becoming more and more difficult to keep things under
control, track the changes which go in and handle regressions caused by
checkins.

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Bye,
Roland

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