Severities and priorities in bugzilla

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

> >   Severities
> >     Critical   A regression or other important broken functionality
> >     Normal     Any bug where gcc generates wrong code or doesn't conform 
> >                to some relevant standard, or where diagnostics are
> >                misleading
> 
> I don't see why you would put wrong-code in this category. IMHO,
> wrong-code are really the worst kind of bugs and should nearly always
> be Critical.

Fair enough. Fortunately, wrong-code PRs usually are also regressions, so 
they'd go into the first bucket anyway. How many wrong-code PRs are not 
regression?


> How about kicking Priorities completely?

I think there was sentiment against that in an earlier discussion. I 
wouldn't object, for sure. I think we've got too many knobs to turn and 
push right now.

W.

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