Re: [Plplot-devel] Thoughts from the release guy

[<jc...@fe...>]

On Wednesday 02 October 2002 15:35, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
| On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-1] Jo=E3o Cardoso wrote:
| > shouldnt "introduce or complete new features" go to NEWS instead of
| > PROBLEMS?
|
| Probably a better name for the file is CVS-STATUS.  Feel free to
| change the name to that if you like, but I thought PROBLEMS was a
| good enough fit because the items concern bugs or missing features.
|
| Also my phrasing that you quoted above was unclear.  Sorry, let me
| try again with how I think PROBLEMS and NEWS should be used.
|
| Bugs go in PROBLEMS, and if you are actively working on a missing
| feature you should mention it in PROBLEMS as well. If you fix the bug
| or implement the feature then remove the item from PROBLEMS. If that
| success is newsworthy enough report your success in NEWS.
|
| Alan

OK.

For me, that as an user often compile from sources, having a NEWS file=20
is helpfull, to see if it is worth to compile/install a new release;=20
also the BUGS is helpfull, to see if a known bug has been solved. From=20
this perspective, the entries in BUGS that are solved should be marked=20
as solved, and not deleted. But I now understand that your intention=20
was only to maintain PROBLEMS as a CVS-STATUS.

Joao