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Re: Bug Expiration Criteria



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Christian Robottom Reis wrote on 06/06/08 22:30:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 02:28:30PM -0700, Brian Murray wrote:
>...
>> Should bugs with duplicates be eligible for expiration?
> 
> I guess the /with/ there was a bit understated. I am not sure of the
> answer, though. In a way you want them to, because it could be a bug
> that affected a variety of users but no longer does; on the other hand,
> we can't really detect whether activity in the duplicates occurred.
> Maybe it's safer to exclude them.
>...

If a bug report should expire, it's because it lacks the necessary
information for developers to work on it, and enough time has passed
that nobody is likely to provide that information.

That a report has duplicates does not alter whether it has the necessary
information for developers to work on it. So I don't see why that should
make the report immune from expiry.

However, marking a duplicate of an Incomplete report gives a big bump to
the probability that someone (especially someone involved with the
duplicate report) will soon provide the necessary information in the
original report.

Therefore, I think marking a duplicate of an Incomplete bug report
should reset the timer back to 60 days.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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