[Libreoffice-qa] Bug Fixed in 4.2 branch, broken in 4.1 daily, status thoughts?

[Bjoern Michaelsen]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:43:34AM -0400, Robinson Tryon wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Bjoern Michaelsen
> <bjoern.michaelsen at canonical.com> wrote:
> 
> > So, if we use bugzilla as intended, a bug that is fixed, but not in a released
> > version yet should be "RESOLVED/FIXED". Once that the release containing the
> > fix is out it should go to "CLOSED/FIXED". Note the same happens on launchpad,
> > albeit with better named bugstates: "Fix Committed" (aka RESOLVED) and "Fix
> > Released" (aka CLOSED).
> 
> Sounds like a great improvement to the strings in Bugzilla. Can we buy
> Tollef a fruit basket or a nice dinner or something? It would be very
> helpful if we could start to chew through our long list of tweaks...

I guess, renaming bugstates is something we should have our own bugzilla for.
Also note that even with the launchpad bug state names, people sometimes get it
wrong -- although less so.


> Why are we so hesitant about sending out emails on bug-status-change?
> Is it because the entire cc list gets pinged, not just OP?

Essentially yes. Its a change of workflow and http://xkcd.com/1172/ applies.

Best,

Bjoern