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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>
Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Removing the distinction between UNCONFIRMED and CONFIRMED bugs
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2022 09:39:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ubkokc244@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <846a6db823da65215a8529f264ec23e949763810.camel@gentoo.org> ("Michał Górny"'s message of "Sat, 03 Dec 2022 08:09:57 +0100")

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>>>>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2022, Michał Górny wrote:

> I'd like to propose replacing the current UNCONFIRMED and CONFIRMED
> bug states with a simple NEW state. Why?

> 1. Only a handful of developers actually uses these two statuses
> in a meaningful way.

> 2. Some users are confused and demotivated by having their bugs stay
> UNCONFIRMED for a long time.

Then rename UNCONFIRMED to NEW-WITH-SUGAR-ON-TOP-WE-ARE-A-HAPPY-COMMUNITY,
and leave CONFIRMED alone? :)

However, I suspect that the real problem isn't the status label, but
when there's no action on the bug (sometimes for months or years).

Ulrich

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-12-03  8:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-03  7:09 [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Removing the distinction between UNCONFIRMED and CONFIRMED bugs Michał Górny
2022-12-03  7:58 ` Sam James
2022-12-03  8:39 ` Ulrich Mueller [this message]
2022-12-03  9:53   ` Michał Górny
2022-12-03 10:09     ` Toralf Förster
2022-12-03 11:48     ` Ulrich Mueller
2022-12-03 12:14       ` Ulrich Mueller
2022-12-03 10:42 ` Florian Schmaus
2022-12-03 11:34   ` Michał Górny
2022-12-03 12:10     ` Florian Schmaus
2022-12-03 12:20       ` Michał Górny
2022-12-03 13:45         ` Florian Schmaus
2022-12-03 13:50           ` Michał Górny
2022-12-03 13:59             ` Florian Schmaus
2022-12-03 16:09               ` Mike Pagano
2022-12-03 18:46 ` Jonas Stein
2022-12-03 18:50 ` Mike Gilbert

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