Bug database



>>>>> "Stavros" == Stavros Macrakis <stavros.macrakis@verizon.net> writes:

    Stavros> Happy New Year to everyone!...
    Stavros> The bug database at sourceforge is getting pretty unwieldy.

    Stavros> example, we could categorize by subsystem: general simplifier (simp,
    Stavros> csimp), rational function package (ratXXX), taylor, limit, integrate,
    Stavros> rpart, etc.  Obviously users who don't look at the internals aren't
    Stavros> usually going to be able to correctly assign categories like this, but I
    Stavros> don't think many such users submit bug reports and maintainers can
    Stavros> always correct the category field later.  Or is there a better tool?

This sounds like a good idea.

    Stavros> Also, I notice that no bugs have been declared Closed for over two
    Stavros> months.  Is that because bug-fixing is on hold while the new release is
    Stavros> being prepared?  Or because people are busy doing other things?  Or

I haven't looked at the bugs because I thought there was a code freeze
for the 5.9.0 release.  Perhaps there should have been a 5.9.0 branch
so work could have continued on the main branch?

Ray