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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Confuzzled about bug severity
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:32:58
Message-Id: 20110921143005.758212c1@rohan.example.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Confuzzled about bug severity by Mike Gilbert
1 On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:02:20 -0400
2 Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 09/20/2011 12:34 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
5 > > I've filed two bug reports today[1][2]. Now, when filing bugs, the
6 > > dropdown for 'severity' includes "Critical: The software crashes,
7 > > hangs, or causes you to lose data."
8 > >
9 > > One bug did cause data loss (a configuration wipe; I'm now amused I
10 > > can use the bugtracker as a backup), and both bugs are indicated by
11 > > software crashes. Both bugs have also been downgraded to 'major' by
12 > > the bug wranglers. Am I misunderstanding something?
13 > >
14 > > [1]https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383695
15 > > [2]https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383751
16 > >
17 >
18 > To be honest, I downgraded the severity on those bugs to turn off the
19 > distracting red highlight in the bug listing as I was wrangling. You
20 > did nothing wrong.
21 >
22 > In my defense, if you take Gentoo Linux as a whole, problems with grip
23 > and bzr rank very low compared with more critical system packages.
24 >
25 > Anyway, if you have a problem with the way I treat your bugs, feel
26 > free to call me out on it.
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29 This has got to be the most confidence-inspiring reply from a
30 bug-wrangler ever in history! :-)
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32 No sarcasm here, I really mean it as written.
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36 Alan McKinnnon
37 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com