NCC#2003092385 [db-wg] uodate failure

On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 10:50 AM, Niall O'Reilly wrote:

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> On Monday, Sep 8, 2003, at 18:57 Europe/Dublin, Randy Bush wrote:
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>> do you send the diagnostic output back to a compiler?
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> If you call auto-dbm a compiler! 8-)
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> One could use "###" instead of "***", and "#" instead of a blank
> line to protect against the kind of failure mode Wilfried suggests.
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> Do ppl really correct (sic) and re-submit failure responses so
> carelessly?
>

Yes, absolutely. It is great fun to browse the DB logs on a rainy 
afternoon :)

> Seriously, though: it seems the developers have the "diagnostic
> message" issue taken well on board.  The only detail I'm not too
> clear about is the timescale.

I reckon the group manager is on holidays, so we should give them a few 
days to provide a response to this one, but it would indeed be good to 
have one.

Joao