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Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities
- From: Piotr Wyderski <piotr dot wyderski at gmail dot com>
- To: Paolo Carlini <paolo dot carlini at oracle dot com>
- Cc: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at arm dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:09:07 +0100
- Subject: Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities
- References: <1264759746.10841.32.camel@e200601-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <4B62BAF5.7020508@oracle.com>
Paolo Carlini wrote:
> Thus, what's the point of submitter fiddling with those Bugzilla
> fields? Putting some sort of psychological pressure on people actually
> working on fixing the bugs?
Well, that's true when it comes to high priorities, but the
submitter should have the opportunity to specify lower
priorities. For instance a typo is a bug which should be
fixed, but certainly it isn't a showstopper, so it doesn't
deserve to be classified as a normal priority report.
> submitters should essentially add to the audit trail or
> close bugs which cannot be reproduced anymore
> (maybe) very little else.
Submitters should not be allowed to close bug reports
themselves, otherwise it will wreak havoc. They should
explain the reasons and ask somebody with sufficient
credentials to do it on their behalf.
Last, but not least, I wolud like to apologise you and
Dave for unnecessary investigation of the first part of
PR42880, which was obviously my fault.
Best regards
Piotr Wyderski