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Message #07781
Re: Critical bugs over a month old still critical?
On 20/08/11 06:12, Francis J. Lacoste wrote:
> On 11-08-19 03:31 PM, Aaron Bentley wrote:
>>>> One source of confusion here is the "critical" name.
>> Let's change the critical name, then. It's not just confusing to us,
>> it's misleading to outsiders who look at our bug lists. We're not using
>> Medium, so let's move our High bugs to Medium, our Critical bugs to
>> High, and reserve critical for things that actually are critical. (And
>> update our policies accordingly)
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> Like I said in the past, I'm not opposed to this. If I recall correctly,
> I thought at the time that the issue would be moot in a couple of
> months, and that was the main reason not to do it. Seems like the issue
> isn't moot.
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> If a lot of people think it would make the situation clearer, then let's
> do this.
>
+10000
I agree with everything Aaron said (and also Gavin).
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