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Re: Suggestion for a new GNATS policy
- From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth at ices dot utexas dot edu>
- To: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
- Cc: Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt at mathematik dot uni-ulm dot de>, Giovanni Bajo <giovannibajo at libero dot it>, Volker Reichelt <reichelt at igpm dot rwth-aachen dot de>, <S dot Bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:17:30 -0500 (CDT)
- Subject: Re: Suggestion for a new GNATS policy
> So you want a field that is just updated through button clicks,
> basically (IE you click reconfirm, it updates the date). That can be
> visible in queries, and is querieable in terms of "has it changed in
> the past x days " and "has it not changed in the past x days".
> Right?
Yes, that would be optimal.
> I forgot to mention, you guys can make the full summary line visible.
> Click "Change columns" on a bug list.
> Check "Full summary", uncheck "Summary (First 60 chars)".
> It'll then give you the full summary.
> It saves these preferences for you automatically (using cookies).
Cool, another point that's cleared.
> Can you guys at least do Minimized and whatnot by flag?
I didn't see anyone against that. "Minimized" really is a boolean flag,
"reconfirmed" wasn't.
> Cluttering the interface is something i don't take lightly.
Rightfully so. Thanks for having this in mind.
> It's almost never a case that i *won't* do it, it may just entail a
> discussion of what you really need to be able to do vs what is easiest
> to provide (and is it enough).
Your attempts to get us to the best of all worlds are very much
appreciated. I see us really getting somewhere. Thanks a lot!
W.
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