Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Removing the distinction between UNCONFIRMED and CONFIRMED bugs

[Michał Górny]

On Sat, 2022-12-03 at 11:42 +0100, Florian Schmaus wrote:
> On 03/12/2022 08.09, Michał Górny wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to propose replacing the current UNCONFIRMED and CONFIRMED bug
> > states with a simple NEW state.  Why?
> >
> > 1. Only a handful of developers actually uses these two statuses
> > in a meaningful way.
> >
> > 2. Some users are confused and demotivated by having their bugs stay
> > UNCONFIRMED for a long time.
>
> While I do not strictly oppose that change, I like the UNCONFIRMED /
> CONFIRMED states.
>
> I don't know how 1. is an argument for removing it. Quite the contrary,
> the statement itself says that the feature is used. Furthermore, it is
> not my observation that only a handful of developers use it. Most open
> bugs are in the CONF state [1], so I would conclude that most use the
> feature. Of course, that depends on your definition of "used in a
> meaningful way". For me, CONFIRMED was always about someone, usually a
> -dev, acknowledging that the bug reports a valid issue that needs to be
> addressed (either by Gentoo or upstream). Is that using it in a
> meaningful way?

Does that imply that bugs that are UNCONFIRMED are not worth our effort?

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Best regards,
Michał Górny