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Simon Stelling posted <42CD7920.7060305@g.o>, excerpted below, on |
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Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:49:04 +0200: |
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> Hi, |
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> Chris White wrote: |
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>> <jforman> |
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>> EBUILD BUGS GO IN GENTOO LINUX PRODUCT STOP MARKING EVERY BUG AS A |
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>> BLOCKER |
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>> </jforman> |
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> What about changing the description for the severity field rather than |
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> jelling at users? Honestly, if a bug prevents you from using your |
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> favourite app, wouldn't you select |
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> "Blocker: This bug prevents a software application from testing and use."? |
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> Or what about "Critical: The software crashes, hangs, or causes you to |
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> lose data."? |
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> Perhaps I should file a blocker bug about this ;) |
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Well, not blocker <g>, but ... |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73181 |
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As mentioned there, this isn't the first time the inappropriate severity |
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descriptions issue has been pointed out on this list. Can anyone blame |
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folks for using the severity descriptions as a guide? |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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