From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Kelem To: Rick Macdonald , gnats-devel Subject: Re: How to add a field to the Gnats Data Base? Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 11:06:00 -0000 Message-id: <391AF691.DD374079@adaptivesilicon.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2000-q2/msg00017.html Thanks for your help! There doesn't seem to be any documentation on the release-based fields (like what type of values they take, and whether there are any restrictions on the values). gnatsweb-2.7beta seems to know the fields might be in the data base, but doesn't seem to do anything with them. Steve Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Wed, 10 May 2000, Steve Kelem wrote: > > > How hard is it to add a field to the Gnats data base? > > I need to add a field "By When?" that takes a date. > > This will allow us to categorize each PR for when we intend to > > fix/respond to them, and then concentrate on the PRs for a certain > > release date. > > In GNATS 3.113, this already exists if you build it --with-release-based. > The field is supported by TkGnats, I assume but don't know for sure that > gnatsweb does as well, but you'll have to check. > > I think all you need to do after rebuilding gnats is to run "gen-index" to > build a new index with the three new fields that you get > --with-release-based. With TkGnats, you can "hide" the other two if you > don't want them (Keywords and Quarter). > > In V4, you can add and subtract whatever you want! > > ...RickM...