me working on bugs??

[ed elliott <ed...@yahoo.co.uk>]

hi,
 
I have been having a look at apache quite a lot lately and so I thought I would have a look at some bugs.
 
I picked out a few I thought I could work on, added a comment and checked the "Accept Bug" thinking that a) It was ok to assign bugs to myself to work on them and b) that it would actually assign them to me.
 
Am I allowed to do this as it didn't assign them to me but to bugs@httpd.apache.org. 
cheers

ed

		
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Re: me working on bugs??

[ed elliott <ed...@yahoo.co.uk>]

ok cool

Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca> wrote:
ed elliott wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I have been having a look at apache quite a lot lately and so I thought 
> I would have a look at some bugs.
> 
> I picked out a few I thought I could work on, added a comment and 
> checked the "Accept Bug" thinking that a) It was ok to assign bugs to 
> myself to work on them and b) that it would actually assign them to me.
> 
> Am I allowed to do this as it didn't assign them to me but to 
> bugs@httpd.apache.org .
> cheers

I don't think we really care whether bugs are assigned or not. But it 
is important *not* to change the assigned-to address, since that address 
assures that the bug changes are sent to our tracking mailing list.

What I suggest you do is simply add yourself to the cc: list for the 
bug, and add a comment saying "I'm working on this" (or something similar).

Joshua.


		
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Re: me working on bugs??

[Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>]

ed elliott wrote:
> hi,
>  
> I have been having a look at apache quite a lot lately and so I thought 
> I would have a look at some bugs.
>  
> I picked out a few I thought I could work on, added a comment and 
> checked the "Accept Bug" thinking that a) It was ok to assign bugs to 
> myself to work on them and b) that it would actually assign them to me.
>  
> Am I allowed to do this as it didn't assign them to me but to 
> bugs@httpd.apache.org <ma...@httpd.apache.org>.
> cheers

I don't think we really care whether bugs are assigned or not.  But it 
is important *not* to change the assigned-to address, since that address 
assures that the bug changes are sent to our tracking mailing list.

What I suggest you do is simply add yourself to the cc: list for the 
bug, and add a comment saying "I'm working on this" (or something similar).

Joshua.

Re: me working on bugs??

[ed elliott <ed...@yahoo.co.uk>]

ok, i won't check the assign again.
 
maybe there should be something in the faq on httpd.apache.org for people who want to work on bugs but aren't commiters or anything else - unless im the only person doing what im doing :)
 
 
ed

"William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote:
At 12:33 PM 6/2/2005, ed elliott wrote:
> 
>I picked out a few I thought I could work on

Thanks!!! Always looking for helpers.

>Am I allowed to do this as it didn't assign them to me but to bugs@httpd.apache.org. 

Don't do that!!!

You rip the bug right out of the bug tracking email list.

You may add yourself as a cc:, or what I do, set up a query of
bugs you have responded to (which makes it easier to look at the
ones you have observations about.

One more useful clue, keyword it PatchAvailable once you have
a solution (attached) so that committers seeking low-hanging fruit
can prune some off and close the bugs.

Bill



		
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Re: me working on bugs??

["William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net>]

At 12:33 PM 6/2/2005, ed elliott wrote:
> 
>I picked out a few I thought I could work on

Thanks!!!  Always looking for helpers.
 
>Am I allowed to do this as it didn't assign them to me but to <ma...@httpd.apache.org>bugs@httpd.apache.org. 

Don't do that!!!

You rip the bug right out of the bug tracking email list.

You may add yourself as a cc:, or what I do, set up a query of
bugs you have responded to (which makes it easier to look at the
ones you have observations about.

One more useful clue, keyword it PatchAvailable once you have
a solution (attached) so that committers seeking low-hanging fruit
can prune some off and close the bugs.

Bill