[Python-Dev] Access to the Bug Database (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim_one@email.msn.com
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 05:27:59 -0400

[Moshe Zadka]

I think I need access to the bug database

Indeed, you had no access to the SF bug database at all. Neither did a bunch of others. I have a theory about that: I mentioned several weeks ago that IE5 simply could not display the Member Permissions admin page correctly, after it reached a certain size. I downloaded a stinking Netscape then, and that worked fine until it reached another, larger size, at which point the display of some number of the bottom-most entries (like where moshez lives) gets totally screwed up sometimes. My suspicion is that if an admin changes a permission while either IE5 or NS is in this screwed-up state, it wreaks havoc with the permissions of the members whose display lines are screwed up. It's a weak suspicion , but a real one: I've only seen NS screw up some contiguous number of the bottom-most lines, I expect all the admins are using NS, and it was all and only a contiguous block of developers at the bottom of the page who had their Bug Manager permissions set to None (along with other damaged values) when I brought up the page.

So, admins, look out for that!

Anyway, I just went thru and gave every developer admin privileges on the SF Bug Manager. Recall that it will probably take about 6 hours to take effect, though.

-- but in the meantime, anyone who wants to mark 110612 as closed is welcome to.

No, they're not: nobody who knows why the bug is being closed should even think about closing it. It's still open.

you're-welcome-ly y'rs - tim