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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-02-19 05:43:10 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-02-19 05:43:10 +0000
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fix outdated info about PerlClinic and the bug-tracking system
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@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ several, like gnats and the Debian system, but at the time we
investigated them, none met our needs. Since then, Jitterbug has
matured, and may be worth reinvestigation.
-The system we've developed will eventually be recipient of perlbug
-mail. New bugs are entered into a mysql database, and sent on to
+The system we've developed is the recipient of perlbug mail, and any
+followups it generates from perl5-porters. New bugs are entered
+into a mysql database, and sent on to
perl5-porters with the subject line rewritten to include a "ticket
number" (unique ID for the new bug). If the incoming message already
had a ticket number in the subject line, then the message is logged
against that bug. There is a separate email interface (not forwarding
to p5p) that permits porters to claim, categorize, and close tickets.
-The next desire is a web interface. It is hoped that code can be
-reused between the mail and the web interfaces.
+There is also a web interface to the system at http://bugs.perl.org.
The current delay in implementation is caused by perl.org lockups.
One suspect is the mail handling system, possibly going into loops.
-We're probably going to need a bugmaster, someone who will look at
+We still desperately need a bugmaster, someone who will look at
every new "bug" and kill those that we already know about, those
that are not bugs at all, etc.