[mythtv-users] When is a problem a bug and when is it a feature request?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/03/2010 12:16 AM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> I probably shouldn't write this while I'm angry, but oh well...
>
> I was trying to archive off some videos to save hard drive space of
> some stuff I will probably not watch anytime soon. The problem is that
> there is over 30 episodes and when trying to archive 3-4 videos at a
> time to DVD I can't tell which episode is which because the list in
> mytharchive only shows the title, not the subtitle or season/episode
> number. The plot info seemed to come over so I figured it was a bug so
> I did my civic duty and entered a bug into trac[1] which was quickly
> and summarily closed as a feature request.
>
> In the literal sense (you can't have a bug in something that has not
> been implemented yet) I understand, but still, it seems like a glaring
> over site.
>
> So I guess my purpose in writing to the list is to see if anyone is
> interested in fixing this? I would but I can barely program a bash
> script, much less something like this.
>    

A bug is code that doesn't work as designed.  A feature request is a 
desire for code that adds new functionality.

On the bright side, though, whether it's an open ticket in Trac or not 
won't necessarily make the new code get written any faster--just see any 
of the 593 open tickets for proof that things in Trac don't magically 
get handled quickly.  :)

Mike