Marshall Clow wrote:
At BoostCon last year, we had a discussion about the Trac system. One of the things that we discussed was the fact that the "Patches" tag in Trac was really a bad way to label things.
Don't get me wrong - patches are a good thing. However, if a submitted patch fixes a problem, it should be categorized as a "bug report" with a fix attached. And if a patch adds new functionality, it should be categorized as a "feature request" with a proposed implementation attached.
The conclusion that was reached at the end of the discussion was that we wanted to get rid of the "Patches" label for Trac tickets, and to move all the existing patches to either "Bugs" or "Feature Requests".
I am proposing that this happen immediately after the release of version 1.39 - or immediately after BoostCon, say.
What do people think?
I am no sure this is good idea. Patches should be explicitly marked, and further, should be given priority treatment -- and mixing them with Bug/Feature Request will make it hard to even see what is patch. - Volodya