hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > a wiki page, with simple "bullet" list ?
> This would likely suffice, if there were someone to compile the present list,
> and it were editable by a sufficiently wide user list.
> Maybe a talk page or something.

to begin with, I think, getting "the list" going is priority, as one of your
pages perhaps.  medium to long-term, and when the details are fixed, we can move
the page.


> I could likely write a simple spreadsheet to list keyword, file, macro,
> whatever, who reported the bug, the link to the thread, who volunteered to fix
> it, date, present status, etc.
> That could be updated periodically to reflect the state of things.
> Or maybe there's a way to format data on the wiki for retrieval by a spreadsheet
> so that any local copies of the spreadsheet that people download can get
> updated.

we do have tables.  I also think that the list(ing) should be kept simple,
mostly just a reference/index providing links to the details (like "who
volunteered").


> A record of the code development history - even as a simple text file - ought to
> be provided in the distribution.

back when s/wares used to provide a 'ChangeLog' file, for the exact purpose.


regards, jr.

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