[Libreoffice-qa] Bugzila 4.3.x versions cleanup

[Joel Madero]

> Hi Joel, all
>
>
> jmadero wrote
>> The problem really is that at least *I* do often time request users to
>> go back and install older versions to help narrow down where a
>> regression was introduced. This is particularly useful when a user is
>> complaining about their regression not getting love - at this point I
>> start heavily suggesting they do some of the lifting themselves to move
>> it forward (bibisect themselves, if that's not possible to go back and
>> install older versions and try to narrow down to a beta/rc where the
>> issue was introduced). I've actually found this to not only be useful
>> for the particular bug but also useful in recruiting new people.
> I don't see any incompatibility in asking people to use several versions
> (actually I do that using Portable versions of LibreOffice from WinPenPack)
> and reducing the number of versions in the drop list. 
> If a user is able to tell that a bug was introduced between 4.0.0 and 4.0.1,
> a bibisect in that range should be able to find the problematic
> commit/patch?
> What would be the advantage to have the user install 4.0.0 Beta1, Beta2,
> RC1, etc?

Bibisect is really only at this point useful for Linux because the
documentation on OSX and Windows is still below par. That's at least my
understanding - have you tried to bibisect on other platforms?


Best,
Joel