On Sep 18, 2010, at 4:17 AM, Markus Roberts wrote: >>> I thought it was likely to be a ticket, but searching redmine didn't >>> turn up anything. >>> >> >> My memory is: >> >> http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/2198 > > If you think something is a ticket, your options (in order of > decreasing reliability) are: > > * Ask Luke or James > * Creative use of wget, grep, etc. > * google, (possibly with the site: option) > * Relax your mind and try to remember the ticket number > * Sequential search (manual) > * /dev/random > * The redmine search box > > Sequential search would be higher but (at least for me) my attention > wanders so badly that I forget what I was looking for and wind up > heading down other byways; within about ~50 tickets I'm almost > guaranteed to encounter one more interesting than the one I was > looking for.
You forgot all about 'memorize ticket database so you know which search terms to use'. And note that you're essentially *always* better off searching only through titles and ignore commits. That's my only secret trick, really, apart from how well I (used to) know the ticket db. -- The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -- Joe Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies -|- http://puppetlabs.com -|- +1(615)594-8199 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en.
