Reporting a bug.

deepakankarath · Post by **deepakankarath** » 06 Dec 2006, 12:44

once if we delete an issue, its defect is lost and so if we enter another issue it is enterd as as the next defect id and not the one of the deleted. so can any one tell me if we can report the issue so that there is no missing in the order of the defct id.
Thanx
Deepak.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » 06 Dec 2006, 15:18

I don't think the tool is set up to "recycle" old Issue #s like this. I think it would be better to simply update the existing bug rather than deleting it if you want it to have the same Issue #.

Narcissus · Post by **Narcissus** » 06 Dec 2006, 18:03

That's right: any issue ID is only used once. This is a good thing, I would think, as (for example) it would mean that any documentation that refers to a particular issue will never point to the wrong one.

I would rather know that an issue has been deleted than be given the wrong issue back just because the number was reused.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » 07 Dec 2006, 14:14

If you are hell bent on doing it, it appears you can delete the bugs and adjust the auto increment as discussed http://forums.mantisbugtracker.com/view ... 0e6cf09c59

Narcissus · Post by **Narcissus** » 07 Dec 2006, 22:08

That would really only help if you knew for certain that you were only ever deleting the last issue/s reported, otherwise you'd get all sorts of errors...

jdl · Post by **jdl** » 07 Dec 2006, 22:43

good point. it just makes little sense to try to change sequence method for bug #s