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Re: Classifying bugs
- From: "Giovanni Bajo" <giovannibajo at libero dot it>
- To: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>,"Gabriel Dos Reis" <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:52:10 +0100
- Subject: Re: Classifying bugs
- References: <m3llod3br7.fsf@uniton.integrable-solutions.net>
Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> The recent thread on the GCC-3.4.0 has lead some "bug masters" to
> either downgrade or close some PRs on the ground that they think they
> should not be blocking.
>
> While I understand that they are doing what they think is good
> for "clearing the road" for 3.4.0, I do not agree with the general
> trend of closing/downgrading as many as PRs as possible just to make
> to it look as if they were very few bugs. In particular, such actions
> should be conducted under clear guidance from the appropriate Release
> Manager. A Release Manager may decide to ship even if there were some
> high priority bugs; they need not be downgraded first.
I totally agree.
Giovanni Bajo