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On 16/05/2012 04:22, Thomas Ward wrote:
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Thomas Ward</b> <span
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Date: Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:13 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Core vs. Non-Core definitions<br>
To: Geoffrey Van Wyk <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:geoffrey.vanwyk@bernadine.biz">geoffrey.vanwyk@bernadine.biz</a>><br>
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How would we handle kubuntu-desktop packages? or
xubuntu-desktop packages? If we restrict core to just
ubuntu-desktop, then would bugs which would be "Medium" against
Kubuntu or Xubuntu packages automatically be "Low" because at
that point they're non-core?<br>
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I'm in agreement, any package that is a dependency against
[flavor]-desktop should be considered core, but it would be
important to handle all the flavors of Ubuntu similarly, no?
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Thomas<br>
LP: trekcaptainusa-tw<br>
BugSquad Member<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:39 PM,
Geoffrey Van Wyk <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>Maybe a core application could be one which is a
dependency for the ubuntu-desktop package. One such
application is Gwibber.</div>
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<div>Geoffrey</div>
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Subject: Core vs. Non-Core definitions <br>
From: Thomas Ward <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Hiya, all.<br>
<br>
This came up (during UDS) in a discussion I had with
micahg on IRC, and came up again today in #ubuntu-bugs
with roadmr. (NOTE: These are the users' IRC nicks, I
do not have their names readily available)<br>
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The definition of a bug's importance includes the
difference between core and non-core on this page
here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance"
target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance</a><br>
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There is currently no clear definition of what core or
non-core means. At every time I have run into a bug
that needs its importance set, I've avoided
identifying whether a bug is related to a core or
non-core program (except for Universe and Multiverse
package bugs), simply because there is no clear-cut
definition of what is or is not core.<br>
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This lack of a definition can sometimes make a
recommendation for "medium" actually end up as "low",
and vice versa, based on core-vs-noncore. This makes
determining importance that much more difficult.<br>
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Since this is a critical part of determining a bug's
importance, we need to, in my opinion, do one of the
following::<br>
(a) clearly define what applications specifically are
or are not core, and update with each release, or<br>
(b) define what constitutes a core or non-core
application/program, or <br>
(c) rewrite the criterion (and therefore the guide) to
remove the difference of core vs. non-core and
redefine the bug importance criterion accordingly.<br>
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micahg was in agreement with me that this needs to be
defined, so I thought I would bring this onto the
mailing list for discussion and potentially a final
decision be made on this.<br>
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So, thoughts? Opinions?<br>
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Thomas<br>
LP: trekcaptainusa-tw<br>
BugSquad Member<br>
Ubuntu Member<br>
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I agree with you. I did not think about the other desktops.<br>
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Geoffrey van Wyk<br>
<b>Bernadine Software</b><br>
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