Proposed changes to the documentation for the empty bug watch policy discussed during the last meeting

[C de-Avillez]

On 02/12/2010 01:26 PM, Sense Hofstede wrote:
> 2010/2/11 Bruno Girin <brunogirin at gmail.com>:
>   
>> > On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 20:39 +0100, Sense Hofstede wrote:
>>     
>>> >> Hello,
>>> >>
>>> >> Attached you'll find a diff containing the proposed changes to
>>> >> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage> to accommodate the policy
>>> >> regarding adding empty upstream bug watches when marking a bug as
>>> >> 'Confirmed'.
>>>       
>> >
>> > A few comments on your update:
>> >      * You mention that a bug should be marked as "triaged" only after
>> >        it has been forwarded upstream if it needs to. This is at odds
>> >        with what's currently in the flowchats [1].

Indeed, the flowchart should be updated.

>> >                                                    So we need to ensure
>> >        both are in sync. In practice, I think we need to be flexible
>> >        and allow bugs to be forwarded upstream either before or after
>> >        they've been marked "triaged".

I disagree here. If a bug needs an upstream task, it should be
completely set *before* marking the bug triaged.

>> >                                        That way, BugSquad members who
>> >        are not part of BugControl but are happy to forward upstream can
>> >        do so before without having to wait for the bug to moved to
>> >        "triaged", while BugControl members can mark a bug triaged
>> >        without having to wait for it to be forwarded upstream.

See above.

>> >                                                                  What we
>> >        could specify is that when a bug is changed to "triaged", the
>> >        BugControl member should also open an empty upstream task if it
>> >        needs to be forwarded upstream, in effect highlighting the fact
>> >        that the bug is triaged but that the next steps need to happen
>> >        upstream.
>>     

Same. -controllers should *not* set a bug to triaged if it needs an
upstream task, or if it has an *empty* upstream task. The triaging work
is not complete, so "Triaged" does not apply.

Thanks to both Sense and Bruno for the work here, BTW.

..C..

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