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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 02:14:03PM -0500, David Tombs wrote:
> 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?

I think we are good now, thanks for your help!

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Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master

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