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I see +</I>><i> exceptions, for example bugs in the installer or LiveCDs, unless we release +</I>><i> updated ISOs for Mageia 2 in a few months. The main problem is that we lose +</I>><i> information about the bug's validity in cauldron. +</I> +Another main problem is we don't know whether they're still valid or +not. We don't ask reporters every month whether the issue is still +there. We ping bugs after 3 months, if nothing happened to the report, +but if I don't have time to check whether there is a possibility the bug +got fixed, I usually don't ask whether it is still valid. + +For me it would be confusing if all cauldron bugs were set to be Mageia +2 stable bugs (too), because when I see that I expect that at least one +person reported the bug was valid for mageia 2 stable. + +Of course, for bugs that were filed recently, that will often be the +case, but many cauldron bugs were not filed that recently, some date +from before mageia 1 release, many from 2 alpha. + + +><i> Last time we discussed it on +</I>><i> this mailing list, IIRC the conclusion was that we needed to be able to set +</I>><i> several releases for the same bug and that a bugzilla update would allow it. +</I>><i> Another option would be duplicate every bug for Mageia 2, and link it to the +</I>><i> cauldron bug (I guess it's quite safe to decide that the Mageia 2 bug must be +</I>><i> blocked by the cauldron bug). It would be my preferred way in fact. +</I> + +I agree, if their validity is checked first. + +I'd like to see that the moment 2 stable is released, all cauldron bugs +are pinged and all reporters/commenters are asked to clone the bug for +Mageia 2 if it is valid for stable, and set it to depend on the original +bug. If it isn't valid for stable, it most probably can't be valid for +cauldron anymore, so it would be safe to close them as old. + +I think we'll end up closing a lot of cauldron bugs :) +><i> +</I>><i> But I think this must be discussed with other packagers too. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Also, it would be good to have a report about open bugs in cauldron, per +</I>><i> component or package or group of packages, in a synthetic view, so that we can +</I>><i> have an idea of the quality of the distribution that is to be released (and a +</I>><i> report about Mageia 1 too to see how much bugs we fixed, how much we didn't +</I>><i> fix, what components have the biggest amount of open bugs, still in a +</I>><i> synthetic view... I know, I ask for a lot, and maybe in a few years I will do +</I>><i> it myself :)) +</I> + +Can you point me to an example of a report in a synthetic view? + + +><i> +</I>><i> Best regards +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Samuel Verschelde +</I>><i> _______________________________________________ +</I>><i> Mageia-bugsquad mailing list +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-bugsquad">Mageia-bugsquad at mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-bugsquad">https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-bugsquad</A> +</I> +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000116.html">[Mageia-bugsquad] Change the version of cauldron bugs ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000118.html">[Mageia-bugsquad] Change the version of cauldron bugs ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#117">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#117">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#117">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#117">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-bugsquad">More information about the Mageia-bugsquad +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |