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On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:27:07 +0300 |
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Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:47:46 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:22:32 +0300 |
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> > Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:26:47 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > Hello, everyone. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Here's my second RFC wrt bugs.gentoo.org redesign. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Right now we have separate UNCONFIRMED and CONFIRMED states for bugs. |
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> > > > However, we use the two scarcely. I believe it would be beneficial to |
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> > > > replace the two with a single NEW state. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Rationale: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > 1. Most of developers don't care about the two states, and which one |
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> > > > bugs are in. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > 2. All bugs need to be handled the same, whether they were marked as |
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> > > > confirmed or not. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > 3. We stage bugs through bug-wranglers@ which kinda has a similar |
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> > > > purpose to the UNCONFIRMED state in other Bugzillas. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > 4. Some people who actually care about the two states change them, |
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> > > > causing unnecessary bugspam. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > 5. Some users who think that the state matters get furious about bugs |
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> > > > staying in UNCONFIRMED for long. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Your thoughts? |
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> > > |
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> > > CONFIRMED state is useful, it means that dev or powerful user |
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> > > confirmed this bug and gives it more value. I'd like to keep it. |
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> > |
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> > Are you saying that bugs that haven't been marked as CONFIRMED have |
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> > less value? Maybe they don't have to be handled at all, unless someone |
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> > you consider more worthy confirms them? |
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> Please don't exaggerate my words. "More value" doesn't imply that |
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> other bugs have no value. Under some conditions it means order |
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> of preference; e.g. if I'm not able to handle all bugs in a |
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> timeslot I have, but I am able to fix something, I may prefer |
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> confirmed bugs over unconfirmed ones, as bugs which are easier to |
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> reproduce and are likely to affect more users. |
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> |
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> P.S. Please don't CC me when replying to my e-mails on the list, |
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> since I'm already subscribed to the list. |
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Please don't expect others to keep blacklists of people who can't |
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handle their mail properly, or to generally harm others and ignore good |
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practices because you can't handle your mail. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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