[gentoo-dev] Re: Bugzilla - New Default Status Workflow

[Ryan Hill]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:52:19 +0100
Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:06:54 +0100
> Amadeusz Żołnowski <aidecoe@g.o> wrote:
>
> > > Status = NEW && Assignee = bug-wranglers -> Status = UNCONFIRMED
> > > Status = NEW && Assignee = [maintainer] -> Status = CONFIRMED
> >
> > Who confirms the bug?  I would expect that CONFIRMED is set by the
> > package maintainer and the one who assigns bugs leaves the status.
>
> I was referring to existing bug reports, not new ones. New ones should
> come in as UNCONFIRMED and would be changed to CONFIRMED when assigned
> - bug wrangling does have this element of validation, you know.
> Apparently when maintainers accept the bug, it changes to IN PROGRESS,
> and when [s]he doesn't it should be resolved as invalid or duplicate
> or whatever, but heck, maybe the flow chart should speak for itself.

Bug wranglers should only mark bugs CONFIRMED if they can personally
reproduce them.  If no one has produced the bug other than the original
poster then that's the very definition of UNCONFIRMED.

Or maybe you're thinking CONFIRMED as in "I confirm this is a bug report and
not a lunch order"?


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