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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] The meaning of RESOLVED/UPSTREAM on bugzie
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:46:16
Message-Id: 1490899568.1514.1.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] The meaning of RESOLVED/UPSTREAM on bugzie by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 On czw, 2017-03-30 at 14:41 -0400, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
2 > On Thursday, March 30, 2017 2:34:56 PM EDT Kent Fredric wrote:
3 > >
4 > > _Especially_ when a developer marks a ticket as that without adequate
5 > > explanation as to why.
6 >
7 > That sounds like the problem. Do not rely on status/keywords alone. Anytime
8 > those change, a comment should be included as to why. That seems like it would
9 > clear up much of the confusion. Simply do not change status/keywords without a
10 > comment to briefly explain the change and/or usage.
11 >
12
13 Because obviously everyone has lots of time to open multiple bugs just
14 to find where the developer should have explained what he meant when he
15 closed the bug using unclear status.
16
17 While at it, maybe we should just remove all resolutions and expect
18 people to open every bug and read comments. Or maybe remove statuses
19 altogether, that will clear every confusion possible!
20
21 --
22 Best regards,
23 Michał Górny

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