[TYPO3-core] Target Versions in TYPO3 CMS Issue Tracker

[Alexander Opitz]

And btw.

http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-core/versions/2196

the roadmap with category on the right side. (Yeah not fully what you 
think of ;-) )

Greetings Alex//

Alexander Opitz wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> As agency/integrator it is not nice to consult a issue tracker and a
>>> ChangeLog to find out if an issue is fixed in a version in one branch.
>>
>> You consult only the Release Notes [3] (or the git commit log).
>>
>> You cannot consult the issue tracker for this, because we don't actually
>> actively record this information there! For example, if you filter for
>> "Target Version = 6.0.5" and compare the list of issues actually
>> released [3] you will quickly notice that they are way out of sync (and
>> also several "not closed" issues along the way)!
>>
>> If you have a particular interest in a "bug" in specific ("was it
>> backported, and when?"), you can always consult the "merged in core"
>> script [4].
>
> You have the subject of the issue in the Release Notes, so you search in
> the issue tracker (which also isn't nice as you have 2 searchs with
> different possibilities). Every issue you find that might be your
> problem, you need to consult a second resource to find out if this might
> be fixed in a version of TYPO3 CMS you are using.
>
>  From the view of a user (and not a developer) this second resource
> isn't communicated to you in the issue tracker so you are lost. And
> personally I don't like different places for one thing. Every time
> another layout, need to learn how that tool works and so on. So we have
> a big barrier for new users.
>
> Its the same problem with comments about code, and what should happen
> and so on laying around in gerrit, but that's another story.
>
> So the tools aren't perfect, but there aren't other who work better. ;)
>
> Greetings Alex//