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Re: Launchpad bug status

 

Le 12/03/2015 16:38, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> There was a question asking how bugs are closed.
> 
> https://answers.launchpad.net/kicad/+question/263366
> 
> I didn't have a good answer so I dug around a bit and found some
> information on the Launchpad blog about the meaning of bug status tags.
> 
> http://blog.launchpad.net/general/of-bugs-and-statuses
> 
> I also changed the status of two bugs from "Fix Committed" to "Fix
> Released" and the "Open Bug" count was reduced by two.  Given the way we
> have been handling bugs, it looks like none of bugs are ever fixed.
> This is confusing for new developers and doesn't really make a lot of
> sense.  I am proposing that we change the way we handle bugs as follows:
> 
> * Once a bug fix has been committed to the project branch it should be
> tagged as "Fix Committed" as we have always done.
> 
> * The bug report status should be changed to "Fix Released" once bug is
> confirmed as fixed by someone other than the person that authored the
> bug fix.  I'm assuming bugs can be changed back to "New" if the
> committed fix did not actually fix the bug but I haven't tried it yet.
> 
> * For legacy bug fixes, if the "Fix Committed" date is over a month, it
> can be changed to "Fix Released" even if the fix has not been confirmed
> as long as there are no additional complaints after the committed fix.
> 
> If anyone has any comments, please speak up.  Once we have a consensus
> on this, I will make it an official project policy.
> 

That's OK for me.


-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS


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