Bug importances - Suggestion for improvement

[Brian Murray]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 02:27:43PM +0200, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote:
> To <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Bug%20importances>, I would suggest
> adding a new criteria under the critical importance (or something
> like this):
> 
>  "It simplifies software contents, bug fixing or development"
> 
> So, although not doing this apparently hasn't got any critical
> consequences, it already eliminates the main sources of waste.
> 
> That is excess of inventories: dozens of bugs already fixed in
> upgrades that are asked to be performed, generally in special types
> of bugs
> (<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Bug%20triage#Special_types_of_bugs>)
> 
> In fact, eliminating excess of inventory first is a general accepted
> recommendation in many productivity philosophies:
> 
>  - Just in Time
> (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_in_time_%28business%29>)
>  - 5S (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_%28methodology%29#1._Seiri>)
>  - Lean Six Sigma (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_six_sigma>)
>  - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (<http://hdbizblog.com/blog/2008/04/28/sharpen-the-saw-the-7th-habit-of-highly-effective-people/>)
> 
> The amount of bugs of this kind are a few and working on them first
> can save lot of time in the medium term, while also making the
> fixing of critical bugs more speedy.
> 
> So, what do you think?

I think that actions should not be justified[1] with a reason of
"It simplifies software contents, bug fixing or development" when that
reasoning is still under active discussion.

[1] I've seen this used in one bug report already.

--
Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master
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