[Mageia-bugsquad] Update candidates waiting for packager input

Sat Sep 10 01:01:57 CEST 2011

Le samedi 10 septembre 2011 00:57:27, Manuel Hiebel a écrit :
+> Le samedi 10 septembre 2011 à 00:33 +0200, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
+> > In order to differentiate update candidates awaiting testing and those
+> > awaiting packager action, we will now assign the bug reports to the
+> > packagers when we are waiting for their input.
+> > 
+> > When doing this, we need to add qa-bugs in CC to the bug report to make
+> > sure we will still get notifications about it, and that above all it
+> > still shows in the saved search :
+> > https://bugs.mageia.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remaction=run&namedcmd=
+> > waiting%20for%20QA%20test&sharer_id=22
+> > 
+> > This way the state of an update candidate can be identified from the
+> > information in the bug report:
+> > - assigned to qa-bugs and has the validated keyword => ready to push
+> > - assigned to qa-bugs without the validated keyword => update candidate
+> > that needs testing
+> > - not assigned to qa-bugs but has qa-bugs in CC => update candidate
+> > awaiting packager input
+> > 
+> > In the above saved search, sorting by Assignee will allow to separate
+> > updates needing testing and updates awaiting packager input. Maybe in
+> > the future we can split it in 2 different saved searches if we find it
+> > useful.
+> > 
+> > I see 2 options :
+> > - either systematically assign to the packager when a tester encounters a
+> > difficulty or needs more information
+> > - or only when we have been waiting for more than 2 days
+> > 
+> > The first option could be more heavy but the second requires people from
+> > QA and/or triage to regularly update the bug reports. As we already do
+> > it, I would choose option 2.
+> > 
+> > Which option do you prefer ?
+> 
+> option 2 for me
+> 
+> > Once we have decided I will try to remember to send this piece of
+> > information to the mageia-dev mailing and to update the wiki. If I
+> > forget, please remind it to me :)
+> 
+> mageia-discuss is not mageia-dev :p
+> 
+
+I really meant mageia-dev, to pass the information to packagers, so that they 
+know that they must assign the bug back to qa-bugs after they did their work 
+:)
+
+Samuel
+