[Python-Dev] OS information, tags

[anatoly techtonik]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>            I am surprised to see that the bug-tracker
>>> doesn't have an OS classifier or ability to add
>>> tags ? Since a number of issues reported seem to

Just to remind about my +1 for user editable tags.

>> There is one. In the Components you can do a multiple select and it
>> has Macintosh , Windows as options.
>
> I think that setup dates from the Sourceforge days when we didn't have
> keywords or the ability to add our own fields. Would it make sense to
> put a request on the metatracker to convert these to keywords now that
> they're available?

Keywords are not currently editable by users.

> Or even a separate OS field with "Windows, Mac OS X,
> Linux, *BSD, Other" as the options?

It is not uncommon when code written on Unix can affect both MacOS and
Windows, so you need to be able to select both.

> While there is some Windows and Mac specific code, treating them as
> separate components seems fairly unintuitive.

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anatoly t.