Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread Uwe Günther
William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: Bugzilla keywords we added for httpd include PatchAvailable (and FAQ and a few other obvious ones). At httpd, we encourage people to mark the bug as PatchAvailable as soon as the patch is apparently worth applying. This provides a quick search for committers who are

Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread Uwe Günther
Mark Thomas wrote: Thank you. Help closing bugs is always much appreciated. Thank you too. - security bugs (handled on a private list) - regressions - things I (or my employer*) care about - oldest open 5.5.x or 6.0.x bug without a patch - enhancements * This only applies during work hours :

Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Thomas
Uwe Günther wrote: > So I wasn't so wrong with the first one. Unfortunately there was nothing > to code at all. > > So I am gonna go for some odd ones and go on with the good things to do. > > How does this work for non commiters; if they have a patch? Ok, 1st > attach the patch to the bug, 2nd..

Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Uwe Günther wrote: > So I wasn't so wrong with the first one. Unfortunately there was nothing > to code at all. > > So I am gonna go for some odd ones and go on with the good things to do. > > How does this work for non commiters; if they have a patch? Ok, 1st > attach the patch to the bug, 2nd..

Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread Uwe Günther
So I wasn't so wrong with the first one. Unfortunately there was nothing to code at all. So I am gonna go for some odd ones and go on with the good things to do. How does this work for non commiters; if they have a patch? Ok, 1st attach the patch to the bug, 2nd...? -- Kind Regards Uwe Günth

Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Thomas
Uwe Günther wrote: > So I could set this one to resolved! Thanks Tim. Thank you. Help closing bugs is always much appreciated. > Some other questions are popping up in my head right now: > > - How do you guys to choose which bugs to fix first? As we say at the ASF - you scratch you own itch. We

Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread Tim Funk
It differs by the person. So here is a wild guess .. But I would guess bugs are usually fixed 1st by interest. For example: Crap that bug affects my stuff too, I should look at that. Other bugs are fixed by how interesting they. For example: hmmm .. that seems odd - I think I'll look at that.

Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread Uwe Günther
So I could set this one to resolved! Thanks Tim. Some other questions are popping up in my head right now: - How do you guys to choose which bugs to fix first? OK there are priorities, you are able to fix some bugs, others are more difficult to you, some are security relevant, - If

Re: Bug workflow

2009-09-17 Thread Tim Funk
Anyone can change a bug to any status. (Much like in wikipedia - anyone can edit any page) Then the community would police people who dont behave. Which doesn't happen often. -Tim Uwe Günther wrote: How does this work, if someone identifies a bug as NO BUG, does somebody set the status to "Re