On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 02:02:10PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Andreas Barth [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:50:12 +0200]: > > there has been a change that affects the number of visible bugs: > > We treat version tracking correctly now, and ignore the done-status on > > bugs that have version tracking used in a close message. > Cool, thanks. > > For this reason, if you do bug tracking, the bugs marked with a small t > > on the right only affect testing, and usually only require attention > > if testing propagation fails for some reason. > With this, I took a look at what each option under "show bugs by > distribution" gives you: > - dist="both" gives you the set of RC bugs affecting testing that lack > a fix in unstable; IMHO, this is what people most people will want. > - dist="etch" gives you the same as "both", plus the RC bugs fixed in > unstable, but still not transitioned to testing. <snip> > Now, I have a couple "IMHO suggestions", let's hear what you think; I'm > not that sure about the first one, but here it goes anyway: > - make the default dist be "both" instead of "any", so that what > people get by default is the list of bugs that must be dealt with > before we can release. That's fair. > - make "etch" and "sid" exclusive, as in, list bugs present _only_ in > that distribution. For etch, this means the list of untransitioned > bugs, which can be interesting for people caring about migration > (e.g., looking at buildd logs, providing hints, etc.). And for sid, > those not-a-must bugs, but that are probably more approachable, > since not everybody has had their eyes on them for months. > [And maybe make the checkbox read "etch only" and "sid only".] I disagree with this. I use the etch view as the (more or less, bugs not withstanding) authoritative view of bugs that are blockers for the etch release. I wouldn't like to have to switch between the 'etch' and 'both' views to get a complete picture of this. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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