Re: Launchpad bug statuses

[Forest Bond <forest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 05:52:56PM -0300, Christian Robottom Reis wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 04:50:20PM -0400, Forest Bond wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 09:14:34PM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> > > * "Fix Committed (Please Test My Fix)"
> > > 
> > > The status is used by the some teams to mark bugs which have been fixed
> > > upstream since it makes easier to review bugs that have a patch to
> > > backport or should be closed when the next version is uploaded
> > 
> > Isn't the correct way to handle this to add the upstream project to launchpad
> > and set the bug so that it also affects upstream?  Then you can be explicit
> > about the bug's status upstream.
> > 
> > This came up recently here:
> > 
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/newt/+bug/54555
> 
> Well, the issue is that Sebastian would like to be able to look at
> Ubuntu bugs and see which ones have been fixed upstream and which ones
> haven't. But I argue there is already a report that tells him that, in
> the advanced page of the bug search.

And hey, it even works well! :)

Launchpad sure does give you enough rope to ... choose an alternative workflow.
Is there nothing that can be done to make the correct workflow more obvious?

I think the designed workflow is a good way to go.  The biggest problem is
discovering it.

Thanks,
Forest
-- 
Forest Bond
http://www.alittletooquiet.net

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature