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[Scott Kitterman]

On Wednesday 14 May 2008 03:00, Daniel Holbach wrote:
> Scott Kitterman schrieb:
> > According to Henrik, the workflow bugs shouldn't exist anyway (bugsquad
> > list) and any attempt to help bugsquad understand how to use them gets
> > removed from the wiki unilaterally.  I don't think we should invest time
> > in this unless there is some agreement from bugsquad not to mess with it.
>
> Henrik wants to discuss possible fixes (to whatever bug handling policy
> necessary) some more, also during UDS. The more confusion we can remove
> by getting bug statuses, etc in sync the better.
>
> Also for completeness' sake: Henrik said "using the bug tracker in an
> unorthodox way to track issues that are not really bugs".
>
I think we've been doing it since roughly launchpad existed.  I think we are 
well past this being "unorthodox".  So far his contribution to this effort 
has been to unilaterally revert wiki entries that tried to clarify the 
situation.  From reading the bugsquad archive it seems he pretty clearly has 
a position that we can just lump it and put up with whatever bugsquad does to 
workflow bugs.  

I don't really see that as a basis for discussion.

There are quite a number of core development processes that depend on such 
bugs.  

unorthodox [1]

Main Entry:
    un·or·tho·dox Listen to the pronunciation of unorthodox
Pronunciation:
    \-ˈȯr-thə-ˌdäks\ 
Function:
    adjective 
Date:
    1657

: not orthodox 

orthodox [2]

Main Entry:
    1or·tho·dox Listen to the pronunciation of 1orthodox
Pronunciation:
    \ˈȯr-thə-ˌdäks\ 
Function:
    adjective 
Etymology:
    Middle English orthodoxe, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French 
orthodoxe, from Late Latin orthodoxus, from Late Greek orthodoxos, from Greek 
orth- + doxa opinion — more at doxology
Date:
    15th century

1 a: conforming to established doctrine especially in religion b: conventional

So having looked at the dictionary, his opinion is that workflow bugs are not 
conforming to established doctrine.  He is actively resisting any attempts to 
assist bugsquad in documenting their use.  Given the actual meaning of the 
word he used, I think that my characterization is entirely fair.  Apparently 
Launchpad exists to support bugsquad.

What is there to discuss?

Scott K

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unorthodox
[2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orthodox