7.4 Issue classification

The Bug Squad should classify issues according to the guidelines given by developers. Every issue should have a Status, Type, and Priority; the other fields are optional.

Status (mandatory)

Open issues:

Closed issues:

Owner (optional)

Newly-added issues should have no owner. When a contributor indicates that he has Started or Fixed an item, he should become the owner.

Type (mandatory)

The issue’s Type should be the first relevant item in this list.

Priority (mandatory)

Currently, only Critical items will block a stable release.

The difference between Priority-Medium and Priority-Low is not well-defined, both in this policy and in practice. The only answer we can give at the moment is “look at existing items in of the same type, and try to guess whether the priority is closer to the Medium items or Low items”. We’re aware of the ambiguity, and won’t complain if somebody picks a ‘wrong’ value for Medium/Low.

Opsys (optional)

Issues that only affect specific operating systems.

Other items (optional)

Other labels:

If you particularly want to add an label not in the list, go ahead, but this is not recommended.


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