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[C de-Avillez <hggdh2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/18/2011 12:12 PM, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On Wed, 04 May 2011 16:06:38 -0500
> C de-Avillez <hggdh2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> I am sorry -- are you a _maintainer_ or a _triager_ for LibreOffice?
>> Just curiosity, but if you are an upstream maintainer, you may be
>> entitled to a different process for joining BugControl.
> 
> Maintainer. All LibreOffice uploads since February are by me. I will
> still keep my application up as this is faster that the maintainer
> membership process. 
> 
>> The explanations in the bugs are good to show your work as triager
>> (and maintainer, it seems); but what we ask for here is what
>> _importance_ you would set, and _why_. We do not ask for an
>> explanation of your work as triager.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/775608
> Importance: High in LibreOffice (Ubuntu)
> While the conditions to trigger the bug are not too common, Calc is a
> core application and installed by default and the results are possibly
> devastating because the error might go unnoticed for a long time at
> cause severe data corruption as a result.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/754562
> Importance: Medium in lo-menubar (Ubuntu Natty)
> lo-menubar is a non-core application and not installed by default. The
> scenario to trigger the bug is common, and the impact is severe with
> possible data-loss (by crashing LO with unsaved changes).
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/732412
> Importance: Low in LibreOffice (Ubuntu)
> There is a known workaroud and it is mostly an cosmetic issue. Also the
> real bug is in bamf and the changes to LibreOffice are a workaround
> themselves.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/740815
> Importance: Undecided in LibreOffice (Ubuntu)
> Hard to tell how to judge that for a single package as the bug is not
> really affecting or effecting end users at all. As such the importance
> is only important judged by the additional maintainer work resulting
> from not fixing it. I would leave the importance deliberately
> "undecided" and leave the judgment to the Firefox maintainer.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/746375
> Importance: Medium-Low
> This is a bit of a cornercase. This is a crash, which should be
> considered at least "moderate impact", and LibreOffice is a core
> application making the importance "Medium". However, this is a rare
> issue, triggered by a race condition and the crash happens on exit
> without dataloss, thus this could be also considered a cosmetic issue
> => importance "Low". The reason I still cared about this bug is because
> a crash on exit can make automatic testing hard and thus create lots of
> needless work on packaging.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/314147
> Importance: Wishlist at LibreOffice (upstream)
> Requires new feature development upstream.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Bjoern
> 

Thank you, Bjoern. I agree with the reasoning; based on the work you
have done, I am more than happy to give you a

+1.

Now, we just need to wait a bit to give the others time to input.

Thank you,

..C..

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