Re: "Blacklists" in BTS (stopping the trolls and bug machines)
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 09:04:53AM +0200, Ond??ej Surý wrote:
> I have an idea ??? maybe we could have a pseudo-package called
> "please-improve" (or whatever name we pick), where people can reassign
> bugreports which they feel they are unable to handle. This pseudo-bug would
> be monitored by some virtuous people[*] better in handling poor bugreports
> and they would work with submitter to improve the bug report, and then
> reassign it back.
The downside of this approach is that you lose track of the affected
component and version information (or at least this information is no
longer mechanically queryable if it is present at all). So instead maybe
tags could be used to convey this information. Indeed there are already
some tags that that partly address your needs. For instance, "moreinfo"
is to mark bugs that lack important information and "help" is a signal
that you are not going to fix it. To get a cleaner view on your bugs,
you can then use usercategories to sort bugs with tags moreinfo and help
to the end of your report page. For more information see
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-request#user
Hope this helps
Helmut
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