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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: bug report closing (was Re: Release policy and coordination)Re: bug report closing (was Re: Release policy and coordination)
From: Zakk Roberts <midkay_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 15:26:08 -0700 Well, "it should be fixed" implies that it's *not* 100% guaranteed to be fixed, but it means that lots of work has been made toward having it fixed, and that for the user/dev writing the message, it's working. Also I think there are plenty of older bugs that are still a problem, I don't really think anything should be closed automatically after a set date. On 5/30/06, Jonathan Gordon <jdgordy_at_gmail.com> wrote: > by any1 able to close u mean just the mods right? > > also i know its a pain... (unless FS can automate this), but it should > not be closed straight away with the message "it should be fixed.." > unless its 100% garenteed fixed on all targets... mabye wait a week > for confirmation from the reporter? (like i said i know it woudl be a > pain.. but not all fixes work perfectly..) > > also, maybe close and remove all bug reports and patches that are > older than a few months? if they are still bugs then they can be > reported again, and patches are most likely out of date anyway... > > On 31/05/06, Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree, with the ability of anyone to close bug reports, you should be able > > to close them with a message like "This should be fixed in CVS now. Open a > > new one if the bug still exists, with updated instructions on how to > > reproduce them with a new build." > > > > > > On 5/31/06, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_rockbox.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 May 2006, Zakk Roberts wrote: > > > > > > > iPod bug reports, and the policy is not clear to me on how aggressive we > > > > should be about closing them because they aren't supported models. I > > think > > > > several of the 'should-be-fixed' ones are also still open even after > > fixes > > > > are committed with comments from the devs asking "is this fixed with > > latest > > > > CVS?" and getting no response; > > > > > > My position on this: *all* bugs that have an outstanding question that > > needs > > > to be answered for the bug case to "move forward" SHOULD be closed if > > nobody > > > replies to the open question within two weeks. > > > > > > If the submitter happens to be legitimately away for that period, he/she > > can > > > always re-open the task later or submit a new bug report. > > > > > > -- > > > Daniel Stenberg -- http://www.rockbox.org/ -- http://daniel.haxx.se/ > > > > > > > > -- - Zakk midkay_at_gmail.comReceived on 2006-06-01 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |