Subjective opinion about PRs (Was: Re: c/7654: -Wenum-assignment : Warn if an enum is being assigned a non enum value)

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

The following reply was made to PR c/7654; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
Cc: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Subjective opinion about PRs (Was: Re: c/7654: -Wenum-assignment
 : Warn if an enum is being assigned a non enum value)
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 19:34:58 -0600 (CST)

 On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Andrew Cagney wrote:
 
 > You've already identified this as low priority.  Just set the priority 
 > to low (and category to change-request) (I thought I'd done this). 
 
 I just did it. My original way of setting the priority was somewhat more 
 drastic (closing it). I'll use the priority fields more in the future.
 
 
 > > - We can leave this report open, but then we end up with _lots_ of such
 > >   requests that clutter up the data base. I have repeatedly stressed that
 > >   the number of open reports is so large that nobody seems to care about
 > >   individual reports anymore (well, this is not exactly true, but it is a
 > >   fact that until very recently, more than 1000 reports have not even been
 > >   looked at). If we don't filter the database such that the feature
 > >   requests that remain in it are few and "useful" (whatever that may be), 
 > >   then nobody will look at it.
 > 
 > This is normal.  It is how people use bug tracking systems.  Everything 
 > goes in and is then given a priority.  Only by doing that is it possible 
 > to see what needs/can be done.
 
 My view of things is that the database was more used as a "bug filing 
 system", rather than a bug _tracking_ system. We need to be better a 
 bringing the truly important reports to the attention to those who have 
 the knowledge to fix them.
 
 > If anything you may want to review the list of GCC bug categories - 
 > better categorizing bug reports should make it possible for developers 
 > to better identify which bugs they need to work on.
 
 Right. Another argument to finally switch to Bugzilla.
 
 >  Would you be so concerned if all 1000 open bugs were against Ada? :-)
 
 :-) I'm a C++ hacker. I don't think I have ever touched an Ada report...
 
 
 Wolfgang
 
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