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On Thu, 23 May 2013 23:20:00 -0600 |
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Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Is a version bump an enhancement per se? |
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> Yes. Nothing is broken. There is no "bug" to fix. |
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No. Things can be broken. There are almost always bugs to fix. |
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New versions come with "bug" fixes too, users need these fixes. |
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> > If all version bumps are |
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> > enhancements, then why isn't Severity set to Normal instead? (What |
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> > is an enhanced version bump to begin with, Mozilla?) |
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> It's not an "enhanced" bug, the bug is a request for an improvement |
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> (aka enhance_ment_). |
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Bug fixes are improvements too, so this definition is ambiguous. |
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> Severity is meant to give you a way of categorizing open bugs by how |
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> important they are, as you may want to fix actual bugs before |
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> worrying about adding features. |
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Version bumps do not necessarily add features; just because they have |
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the potential to add features doesn't mean they don't fix actual bugs. |
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> Maybe you don't use bugzilla like that but some people do and |
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> lumping these bugs in with the "normal" ones prevents them from doing |
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> so. |
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Using "enhancement" prevents them from importing upstream bug fixes. |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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