Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:05:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:05:10 -0500 Received: from e2.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.102]:19423 "EHLO e2.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:05:09 -0500 Subject: Re: Bugzilla bug tracking database for 2.5 now available. To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org, "Martin J. Bligh" X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.7 March 21, 2001 Message-ID: From: "Khoa Huynh" Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:11:55 -0600 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D01ML072/01/M/IBM(Release 5.0.11 +SPRs MIAS5EXFG4, MIAS5AUFPV and DHAG4Y6R7W, MATTEST |November 8th, 2002) at 11/18/2002 11:11:58 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1744 Lines: 40 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: >> >One thing we've done before in other bug-tracking systems was to create >> >a "STALE" state (or something similar) for this type of bug. So it >> >wouldn't get closed (I have seen this done as a closing resolution, but >> >I think that's a bad idea), but it wouldn't be in the default searches >> >either ... you could just select it if you wanted it ... does that sound >> >sane? (obviously we don't need this yet, but might be a good plan >> >longer-term). > >> Personally... if they really are bugs, I would rather keep them open, >> even in the absence of a maintainer... maybe that's not scalable, but >> I would rather not auto-expire things which really are bugs. The >> maintainer (or "someone who cares") may not appear until the next stable >> series, for example. Vendors do that alot. > >Jeff, ok, so we could do as vendors: mark the ticket as LATER, or whatever >that doesnt make clearly stale tickets that nobody is looking appear on >the default queries. > >If somebody is _so_ interested in a particular feature he/she can look for >tickets marked LATER, add comments and state that he/she is working on it, >provide more info, etc. Currently the kernel bugzilla has a state called DEFERRED (with resolution WILL_FIX_LATER) for this type of inactive bugs. Anyone who is interested in these bugs can set the query to look at them; otherwise, they are not on the active bug list. They are not closed either -- they are just "deferred". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/