[gentoo-dev] [RFC] bugs.g.o: Killing VERIFIED state, possibly introducing STABILIZED

[Michał Górny]

Hello, everyone.

Here's the third bugs.g.o redesign RFC.

This time it's about closed bugs. Right now we have two states for
them: RESOLVED and VERIFIED.

RESOLVED is the usual state that the developers use when they close
a bug. It's also the only state that could be directly transferred from
other states.

VERIFIED is used scarcely, and not really consistently. It can only be
used on RESOLVED bugs, and sometimes users use it to confirm that
the bug is resolved.

To be honest, I don't really see the need for VERIFIED state. Since
it's used scarcely, it can't be really relied upon. Some users use it
completely incorrectly (e.g. when the bug should be reopened instead).

What I'd like to introduce instead is a new STABILIZED state. It would
-- like VERIFIED now -- be only available for bugs already RESOLVED,
and it could be used to signify that the fix has made it into stable.

While this wouldn't be really obligatory, it would be meaningful for
trackers that need to ensure that fixes in packages have made it to
stable -- like the functions.sh use tracker.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>