Don't clear the Version field

[N_Ox]

Le 18 août 07 à 17:28, Ryan Schmidt a écrit :

> On Aug 17, 2007, at 13:31, N_Ox wrote:
>
>> Le 17 août 07 à 09:46, Ryan Schmidt a écrit :
>>
>>> In bugs like this one...
>>>
>>> http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/12496
>>>
>>> ...you've removed the value of the Version field. I'd like to ask  
>>> you not to do so. It's useful to know what version of MacPorts a  
>>> user had when they encountered a given bug.
>>
>> Well, in bugs like this one, this is useless, as this is truly an  
>> mport violation and so a port bug, where base/ version is irrelevant.
>> We should clearly tell what to do with the version field in  
>> NewTracTicketing.
>
> I didn't think the purpose or use of the Version field was unclear.  
> I've never looked it up in any guide, but to me it's obvious: fill  
> in the version of MacPorts you were using when you experienced the  
> bug. Doesn't matter what kind of bug it is. If it's irrelevant for  
> a particular bug, fine, but I always prefer too much information to  
> too little information. And if guidelines for the use of this field  
> are to be written, they shouldn't read "Fill in the version of  
> MacPorts if it's relevant" because we can't expect the user to know  
> if it's relevant.
>

Good point. I'll do as you said.

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