On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:06:15 +0100 Stefano Zacchiroli <z...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 04:11:35PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > The decision of whether a bug is release-critical or not is for the > > release managers to make, using the various properties of the bug > > (including but *not* limited to its severity) as input to that > > decision. They can, in fact, make that decision apparent in the bug > > report *without* altering the severity level. > > At the last Extramadura meeting, talking with Dato (Cc-ed) and some > other fellows, we identified the (potential) need for the Release Team > to have a sort of "override" file for the severities of bug reports > and, more generally, of all bug-related information. > [...] > > The reason why I'm reporting it here is that such a tool would also > enable to address needs such as the reported one: wishlist bug report, > marked with some RC-severity in the override. It would only if the override facility was available to the users. And in that case it would suffice to update the severity descriptions so that a RC could be filed since, IMHO, a bug that is causing a RC bug should be RC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
