[CentOS-devel] Processing bugs - Possible new status addition

[Phil Wyett]

On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 00:06 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 07/10/2014 09:08 PM, Christoph Galuschka wrote:
> > Am 10.07.2014 21:32, schrieb Phil Wyett:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> This morning the discussion of certain statuses for bugs came up in
> >> #centos-devel on IRC.
> >>
> >> Scenario:
> >>
> >> - Bug reported. For argument an aged bug that is >= 1 point release
> >>    lower than current point release for the bug.
> >> - Bug cannot be reproduced on same major release/current point release.
> >> - Reporter asked for feedback - Do they still have the issue? etc.
> >> - Feedback does not come in 6 months.
> >>
> >> At this point it was decided the bug should not be closed, but an
> >> appropriate status be assigned. Current statuses do not really cover the
> >> above scenario. One suggestion on IRC was a status of:
> >>
> >> CLOSED_NOFEEDBACK
> >>
> > That option would be nice.
> > 
> > cheers
> > 
> 
> in bugs.centos.org there are 2 differnet fields, there is 'status' and
> there is 'resolution'. So setting status to closed, regardless of what
> the resolution is, will just block it off.
> 
> So, I'm tempted to say we should just setup a new status for 'stale' but
> use a better word ? and leave the resolution fields as they are.
> 
> in the example above it would be status: closed, resolution: nofeedback.
> 
> To me, it almost indicates the bug report has no merit anymore ( that
> might not be true ).
> 

Alternatives suggestions for word 'stale':

- aged
- stagnant
- cold

Regards

Phil

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