[asterisk-dev] Re: Improvement of coding practices

[Jonathan k. Creasy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-dev-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tilghman Lesher
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:02 AM
> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-dev] Re: Improvement of coding practices
> 
> On Thursday 28 December 2006 07:14, Jonathan k. Creasy wrote:
> > Tony Mountifield wrote:
> > > Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 27 December 2006 07:46, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > > > Some of my suggestions are also in the waiting queue that can
be
> > > > > seen in the bug/feature request tracker.
> > > >
> > > > It is a bugtracker only.  Feature requests properly belong on
the
> > > > Wiki, not on the bugtracker.
> > >
> > > Despite the bug tracker having a project called "Feature Requests"
and
> > > a report severity called "feature"?
> > >
> > > Also, in the bug guidelines, under "So, what is the purpose of the
> > > bugtracker?", it says "The secondary use is to track feature
requests,
> > > which are not as critical as bugs and which will receive second
> > > priority in all cases."
> > >
> > > If this policy has changed (and I'm not at all convinced it
should),
> > > then the guidelines ought to reflect this.
> >
> > I am 100% against changing that policy if anyone is thinking of
doing
> > so. The best way to see, test, document and discuss new features is
in
> > the tracker. Removing new feature requests/features from this system
> > would put an artificial limit on the community.
> 
> The policy has already been in place for some time.  However, I want
to
> point out the difference between a feature request, in which no code
is
> uploaded and a feature, in which prospective code is uploaded to the
bug.
> Features (with code) absolutely belong in the bugtracker and will
continue
> to be there for the foreseeable future.  Requests (without code)
should be
> added to the bounty page on the Wiki.
> 
> --
> Tilghman


Given that distinction, I can agree with that.