Version numbers are only useful if they can help pinpoint the change that caused the problem (assuming it's a regression). The problem is that most of the time the bug is found ages after it's introduced. I generally just ignore this field.
On Jun 10, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > Hey don and Walter feel version numbers in bugzilla are useless. Thoughts > from Phobos devs? See discussion in dmd beta list for background. > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Steve Schveighoffer <[email protected]> >> Date: June 10, 2010 5:55:58 PM EDT >> To: Discuss the dmd beta releases for D <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [dmd-beta] dmd 1.062 and 2.047 beta >> Reply-To: Discuss the dmd beta releases for D <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: Walter Bright <[email protected]> >>> Right. I think Don made a pretty good case. One >>> thing he didn't mention >>> is that there are too many version numbers, adding >>> two more each month >>> makes the list completely impractical sooner or >>> later. >> >> impractical how? I can manage it just fine. If I want to find all D2 bugs, >> I just select the first D2 version, then shift click the last version. It >> takes all of 5 seconds. >> >> What's happening now is, people are selecting 'future', or I guess now they >> will select 'D2', and then report their compiler/phobos version in the >> report text, which is much harder to search for. >> >> How would I search for bugs reported before or since some version? Going by >> date doesn't work, as I've said before. People do not update their >> compilers often, as the process is somewhat of a pain. >> >> I don't know what the resistance is to having more information... Do others >> besides Don and you feel the version numbers have no value? Namely, I'm >> asking phobos developers who fix bugs, not dmd developers. >> >> -Steve >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dmd-beta mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/dmd-beta > > _______________________________________________ > phobos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
