Re: [gentoo-dev] A new bugzilla keyword for bug investigation

[Jaco Kroon <jaco@uls.co.za>]

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As someone that sometimes calls in help in trying to understand some of 
the reports

+1

Yes please.  That way I can just indicate help needed and don't have to 
load it onto someone I have contact with (typically Sam). I'm sure this 
will take some load off of Sam specifically.

Kind regards,
Jaco

On 2025/01/10 10:17, Agostino Sarubbo wrote:

> Good morning everyone,
>
>
> during tinderbox activity I realized that sometimes there are bugs 
> with unknown causes at the time of filing.
>
>
> Examples are:
>
> - no "error: " string
>
> - mysterious test failures
>
> - hidden bugs on build.log but present on config.log and/or additional 
> files
>
> - bugs that may be related to new toolchain components, but not 
> clearly stated
>
>
> For that reason I would like to propose a new bugzilla KEYWORD, like:
>
>
> - NEEDS-TRIAGE
>
> or
>
> - NEEDS-INVESTIGATION
>
>
> or whatever you think is better.
>
>
> With that KEYWORD we can set-up a saved search and 'experienced' devs 
> can help to diagnose the issue.
>
>
> This KEYWORD is supposed to be set manually and not supposed to be set 
> automatically when there is a missing "error: " string. And obviously 
> it can be used by everyone that needs help.
>
>
> Before send this to the mailing list, I talked about that with sam 
> (since he is one of those who does this activity) and agreed.
>
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> Agostino
>

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