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Re: Stop triaging bugs

 

El 26/03/14 09:54, Brendan Donegan escribió:
IMO, a team should also be looking at Triaged bugs when selecting new
tasks to work on, so if the bugs are genuinely Triaged and they have
enough information to go to In Progress (when a developer wants to work
on them) then I don't see the harm in general. I personally would tend
to look at both New and Triaged bugs when looking to pick up bug fixing
work on the projects I help maintain.
Just imitate the One Hundred Papercuts work-flow <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/One%20Hundred%20Papercuts/Work-flow>'s concepts <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/163191350/Bug%20Stream%20Map.pdf> :P

 * In general: simple over correct, because correction is the child of
   simplicity. Simplicity makes problems to became obvious rapidly, and
   to be easy to change. So focus on this, because is what really matters.
 * Starting by deciding where to start (setting importance), so your
   work will attach what is more needed first. The 80% of return
   belongs to only the 20% of developed work, so start there.
 * Then with the latest step in the bug fixing process, so every piece
   of work is immediately poured in real improvement, instead of having
   unfinished work along the hole process.
 * Making information visually obvious to anyone, because visually is
   how information is processed more rapidly and in detail by the
   brain; and you'll want people helping you to be easy for them.
 * Measured, because processes tend to improve themselves when what's
   going on becomes obvious.
 * Parted, so its simple to accomplish one task; instead of having to
   pay attention to a bunch of things. Anything can be accomplished by
   dividing it into small goals.
 * It doesn't need much discussion, because the system is
   self-explanatory: serve yourself!
 * And adjusted to what is really required, not what you think it's
   required. The second can easily be a slant.

The result is generally something very small and minimalist that rarely will be noticed as what is: a power tool. As a rule of thumbs, as the tap when you open it for water, if it looks just too simple and easy to accomplish to be real; probably is well designed.

Just notice, as result of working like that, we have at this time only 19 confirmed bugs with unknown priority for Trusty from the hundreds we had only three days ago :D (look at the final clean-up <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugControl/Final%20clean-up>)

Philosophical but already powerful.

Regards @_@


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