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From: Alex Alexander <wired@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugzilla - New Default Status Workflow
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:11:27
Message-Id: 20110428150707.GA8190@linuxized.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugzilla - New Default Status Workflow by Christian Ruppert
1 On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 04:07:24PM +0200, Christian Ruppert wrote:
2 > So once again:
3 >
4 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/docs/en/html/lifecycle.html
5 >
6 > *Every* new bug filed by a user without editbugs will have "UNCONFIRMED"
7 > (old NEW) as fixed status.
8 > *If* we don't enable the UNCONFIRMED status at all then it will
9 > CONFIRMED as default but we would enable the UNCONFIRMED status.
10 >
11 > Bug wranglers can then assign the bug and they also *can* mark it as
12 > CONFIRMED *if* they *can* confirm it.
13 > The maintainer may change the status to IN_PROGRESS (old ASSIGNED)
14 > afterwards.
15 >
16 > The snipped of my first mail may be a bit confusing... It just means:
17 > NEW will become CONFIRMED, NEW has been fully replaced by CONFIRMED so
18 > NEW is gone but CONFIRMED is *not* the new default status. CONFIRMED
19 > would/could be the default for everybody with editbugs.
20 > ASSIGNED gone, replacement: IN_PROGRESS,
21 > REOPENED gone,
22 > CLOSED gone. VERIFIED will be added.
23 >
24 > So I think we should convert...
25
26 +1
27
28 The new workflow makes more sense.
29
30 I would mark any new bug as UNCONFIRMED by default, having editbugs
31 doesn't ensure your bugs will be confirmed.
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34 > --
35 > Regards,
36 > Christian Ruppert
37 > Role: Gentoo Linux developer, Bugzilla administrator and Infrastructure
38 > member
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