[Libreoffice-qa] Retiring MAB metas

[Ilmari Lauhakangas]

On 26.1.2023 17.49, Stéphane Guillou wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> We currently have 3 metas that use our deprecated, subjective concept of 
> "most annoying bugs":
> 
>   * [META] Windows Installer Most Annoying Bugs -
>     https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41884
>   * [META] Report Builder most annoying bugs -
>     https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61723
>   * [META] LibreOffice for Android most annoying bugs -
>     https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84726
> 
> I'd like to review and retire these ones doing the following:
> 
>   * Move their dependents to the obvious parent meta (if any: Android
>     ones should use the dedicated Android components)
>   * Review their importance if needed
>   * Close the metas as "invalid"
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> I'd like suggestions on how to deal with closed reports: I want to also 
> categorise closed reports properly for better stats, but I don't want to 
> be unnecessarily noisy to subscribed contributors, especially for bugs 
> that are long gone.
> 
> How do we do a mass change as silently as possible? E.g. replacing one 
> "blocks" value in many bugs in one go.

The most silent way is that I add you temporarily to the ninja editors. 
Then the emails will not be sent. The next best thing is modifying a 
meta bug's Depends on field.

Ilmari