Bug deadlines (or bug 103636)

[Christian Robottom Reis]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 07:41:43AM +0100, Gervase Markham wrote:
> Christian Robottom Reis wrote:
> >It's arguable however that the line between an SCM and a change-tracker
> >is a lot less fuzzy than the one between change-trackers and
> >project-trackers. And who says Bugzilla doesn't implement SCM features
> >such as attachment management, flags and diff/interdiffing of source code?
> 
> Attachment management and flags are not SCM features. Diff arguably is; 
> but then I wasn't particularly keen on that feature either ;-) I'd be 
> interested to know if anyone on b.m.o. is actually using it...

AFAIK a complete SCM has features to assist the CCB review and grant
approval, which include flags and attachment management. And I am sure a
*lot* of people on bmo and elsewhere use the diff (and invaluable
interdiff!) functionality that jkeiser brought upon us (I do!). Certain
well-thought-out features are definitely welcome, even if they don't fit
in someone's model of what a "bugtracker" is.

When considering adding this specific funcionality, I don't see it as
steps toward a slope -- I see it as what makes Bugzilla positively
differentiated from other competing tools.

Take care,
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