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[David Tombs <cyan.spam@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/11/2011 01:29 PM, Brian Murray wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:00:00AM -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:04:34 -0500
>> David Tombs <cyan.spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/11/2011 10:44 AM, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
>>>
>>>> As stated above, "Please list five or more bugs which
>>>> you have triaged and include an explanation of your Triage." This really
>>>> does state specifically that the bugs must be worked by the applicant,
>>>> and not bugs they choose arbitrarily. It will be difficult to word this
>>>> more clearly, the bugs _must_ be 5 bugs the individual has worked on.
>>>
>>> No, it's not explicit and not perfect, but I don't think it's worth
>>> fixing. (As you say, it would be difficult and awkward.) How many people
>>> have misunderstood this requirement? We can clear up rare
>>> misunderstandings here on the list as we did in this case.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> David
>>>
>>
>> Please explain how "you have triaged" is not explicit. If you have not
>> triaged those bugs, they don't count, do they?
> 
> I might have said this before but the confusion may come from the fact
> that the word triaged is confusing because it is a *process* and a bug
> state.  Additionally, a bug state that applicants to Ubuntu Bug Control
> actually can't!
> 
> So a phrase like 'five or more bug reports you have helped improve'
> would avoid such confusion.  Additionally, I'd rather sort this grammar
> out on the wiki page in the event it is preventing people from applying.

I've made a few changes to <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugControl> in
the hopes of clarifying this. Do you all think the changes are good
enough to solve this issue?

Thanks,
David