Nick Lamb wrote: > Is there some reason why people who fix bugs from the bug-tracker (and > even note that fact in their CVS commit) don't log a close, or even a > "probably fixed, please test..." message to the appropriate bugs? > > If it's just lack of time, I understand but I wondered if there was > some other reason...? > > Nick. I suspect everyone is busy. I also fear the bug tracking system suffers from version latency bloat. A number of bugs that have been resolved are reported again as new items. Many people work with the semi-stable developer's releases, and these lag CVS to varying degrees. And while Xach's form has a link to the current Changelog, it is not always easy to relate terse language in the ChangeLog with observed behavior in a less-than- current developer's releases. Anyway, the following open items, I believe, can be regarded as resolved or near-resolved and I vote for their closure; for the most part they are related to patches I've supplied; I have not been able to reproduced the original behavior since the application of related patches. #2202: MapObject causes gimp to crash >> drawable_cmds CVS-1.27 Nov 1 1999 (neo) >> * app/drawable_cmds.c >> * tools/pdbgen/pdb/drawable.pdb: applied (a modified version of) a >> patch from Garry R. Osgood <gosgood@xxxxxxx> that should fix bug #2202 >> and problems with the Warp plug-in. Since then I have not been able to reproduce the crash; others are welcome to test. #2261: [gimp-bug] Offset causes Gimp crash #2382: offset sometimes crashes gimp >> channel_ops.c CVS-1.23 Oct 24 1999 (neo) >> * app/channel_ops.[ch]: applied a patch from Garry R. Osgood that >> seems to fix bugs #2261 and #2382 (crashes when using offset). >> A few more changes made the dialog actually work... Since then I have not been able to reproduce the crash; others are welcome to test. #2414: [gimp-bug] Moving Floating Selections Leaves Artifacts #2879: [gimp-bug] Droppings left when moving floating layer >> Related to bug was reported by SHIRASAKI Yasuhiro >> <yasuhiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in #2166: "[gimp-bug] texttool with guides >> spreads garbage." which was closed by Zach Beane - MINT >> <xach@xxxxxxxx> at Yasuhiro's request. Upgrade to GTK+ 1.2.5 solved the artifiact >> problem. I upgraded to GTK+ 1.2.5 and that removed the artifacts I was seeing. I sent a close request to 2414@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Seth Burgess submitted #2879; when he upgraded to Gtk+ 1.2.5, his observed artifacts went away as well. #2515: [gimp-bug] Layer mask previews are not updating #3059: [gimp-bug] Renaming Auxiliary Channels (such as saved selections) >> I believe likely related to #2384 [gimp-bug] Doubleclicking >> on selection masks/quickmasks doesn't work. >> channels_dialog.c CVS-1.58 Oct 16 05:50 (mitch) >> * app/channels_dialog.c: applied gimp-gosgood-991011-0.patch, so >> double-clicking on the channel widget pops up the attributes >> dialog again. mjhammel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx reported #2515; in separate e-mail he told me that he was working with a pre-patched version at the time. I do not know if he has upgraded and retested. josterb@xxxxxxxxxx reported #3059; I sent e-mail suggesting the connection with #2384 and requested that he check again with a later version; I have not heard from him. Be good, be well Garry Osgood
