On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Mark Mitchell wrote: > [...] I realized that the documentation we currently have up at http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/management.html was partly incorrect (only listing P1 to P2) and certainly quite incomplete, so I tried to cast my understanding and what I found in this thread into a documentation update.
Thoughts on the patch below (which I have not committed yet)? Gerald Index: bugs/management.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/bugs/management.html,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -3 -p -r1.25 management.html --- bugs/management.html 14 Jan 2007 11:38:36 -0000 1.25 +++ bugs/management.html 1 Jan 2008 21:46:11 -0000 @@ -168,13 +168,37 @@ problem where an easy workaround exists <h3 align="center" id="priority">Priority</h3> This field describes the importance and order in which a bug should be -fixed. It is utilized by the programmers/engineers to -prioritize their work to be done. The available priorities are: +fixed. The available priorities are: <table cellspacing="3"> -<tr><th>P1</th><td>Most important</td></tr> -<tr><th>P2</th><td></td></tr> -<tr><th>P3</th><td>Least important</td></tr> +<tr> + <th valign="top">P1</th> + <td>Most important. This generally labels a regression which the + release manager feels should be addressed for the next release + including wrong-code regressions.<br /> + For practical reasons, releases tend to go out with P1 bugs open, + but we try to minimize those. If you want to downgrade a P1 bug, + CC the release manager on the PR and add a note. + </td> +</tr><tr> + <th valign="top">P2</th> + <td>This generally indicates a regression users will notice on a + major platform, which is not P1 though. + </td> +</tr><tr> + <th valign="top">P3</th> + <td>The default priority for new PRs which have not been prioritized + yet.</td> +</tr><tr> + <th valign="top">P4</th> + <td>Usually not a regression, but still of some priority. + ICE-after-valid-error bugs fall in this category, for example, as + do regressions that have persisted for several major releases. + </td> +</tr><tr> + <th valign="top">P5</th> + <td>Least important. Not on the radar of release management.</td> +</tr> </table> </td></tr>
