Editing Comments on JIRA

[Scott Gray]

Hi All

I'm noticing an increased habit of editing comments on jira rather than just
posting a new comment with a clarification.  While it's not that big of a
deal, I find when the email comes through from jira it's difficult to figure
what has actually changed from when I first read the comment and usually I
don't bother.  IMO it's much better if you just post a new comment to
clarify what you were initially trying to say.

Just my opinion and of course you're all free to do as you please :-)

Regards
Scott

[David E Jones]

On Dec 17, 2007, at 1:16 AM, Scott Gray wrote:

> I'm noticing an increased habit of editing comments on jira rather  
> than just
> posting a new comment with a clarification.  While it's not that big  
> of a
> deal, I find when the email comes through from jira it's difficult  
> to figure
> what has actually changed from when I first read the comment and  
> usually I
> don't bother.  IMO it's much better if you just post a new comment to
> clarify what you were initially trying to say.

+1

-David

[Bilgin Ibryam]

Hi Scott,

Because you posted this thread some minutes after i edited my post to OFBIZ-1528, i have to say that in some cases it is better to edit than adding new comment.
For example while commenting on OFBIZ-1528, i pressed CTRL + R by mistake and sent the comment not finished. That's why i decided to edit and complete my comment.

Otherwise i agree with you that reading edited comments is more difficult than new ones.

+1 for not editing comments, when not necessary.

Bilgin

[Scott Gray]

Hi Bilgin

It wasn't directly targeted at you, it just reminded me that I had been
meaning to send a post like this to the list.

My point still stands in your case though, I read your initial comment but I
didn't look at the edited one.  For all I know you only changed one word but
the only way to find out is to stare at the email comparing each sentence
until I figure out what has changed.

I think it's better to post a new message saying something like, "Sorry I
missed sending the last two sentences, here is the entire message."

Regards
Scott

On 17/12/2007, Bilgin Ibryam <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Hi Scott,
>
> Because you posted this thread some minutes after i edited my post to
> OFBIZ-1528, i have to say that in some cases it is better to edit than
> adding new comment.
> For example while commenting on OFBIZ-1528, i pressed CTRL + R by mistake
> and sent the comment not finished. That's why i decided to edit and complete
> my comment.
>
> Otherwise i agree with you that reading edited comments is more difficult
> than new ones.
>
> +1 for not editing comments, when not necessary.
>
> Bilgin
>
>

[Jacques Le Roux]

Yes I agree, +1 for me too (I began to be addict to modify, sorry)

Jacques

De : "Bilgin Ibryam" <[hidden email]>
> Hi Scott,
>
> Because you posted this thread some minutes after i edited my post to OFBIZ-1528, i have to say that in some cases it is better to
edit than adding new comment.
> For example while commenting on OFBIZ-1528, i pressed CTRL + R by mistake and sent the comment not finished. That's why i decided
to edit and complete my comment.
>
> Otherwise i agree with you that reading edited comments is more difficult than new ones.
>
> +1 for not editing comments, when not necessary.
>
> Bilgin
>