[moved to -devel] On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 02:34:20AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > I like this idea, but I think it is orthogonal to the existing bug > categories. > > I don't know what you would call it, but I imagine a 4-way status switch: > > unreproduced > reproduced > possible fix > known fix > > Basically I see bug fixing as proceeding sequentially down this list. > There's a state above "unreproduced", which is "not a bug", and you close > it almost immediately. There's also the state after "known fix", which is > implementation, and is reflected by closing it or setting its severity to > "fixed". This is great. The BTS is our institutional memory, and we really need a mechanism for organizing it. This might do it. It would also make things easier for people who are trying to help fix bugs--they could filter out already-fixed bugs more easily and focus their attention on the stuff that really needs work. Mike Stone
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