Re: Bugzilla [was: discretion & the issue tracker]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Michael(tm) Smith <mike@w3.org> wrote:
> Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, 2008-06-05 15:46 +0100:
>
>> Why can't there be a 'proposal tracker' implemented that is open to
>> anyone in the working group to add proposals to, via a form perhaps
>> that asks for certain information about the proposal, so it can then
>> be evaluated and debated by WG members?
>
> It might not actually be difficult at all, and I think we already
> have what may be an appropriate place/tool for it -- The W3C
> public bugzilla:
>
>  http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/
<snip>
>
> One particular advantage of the bugzilla setup is that it would
> allow people (even those that are not HTML WG members or members
> of other W3C WGs) to opt-in to particular issues -- and get mail
> only about those issues (and not need to try to follow or filter
> public-html if they don't want to).

Yes, exactly - this is a great idea Mike. It'll help immensely with
people who are dealing with the HTML WG largely through sources like
public-html-comments, blogs, etc.

-s

Received on Thursday, 5 June 2008 16:18:37 UTC