On śro, 2017-03-29 at 16:01 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 29 Mar 2017, Michał Górny wrote: > > I'd like to bring the problem of ambiguity of 'UPSTREAM' resolution > > on our Bugzilla to the discussion. > > While the resolution generically indicates an issue upstream, it is > > used differently by different developers, and sometimes even in a > > few meanings by a single developer. What's even worse, it is both > > used as a positive, neutral and negative resolution which renders it > > kinda meaningless as a classification criteria. > > [...] > > How would you feel about removing/disabling the UPSTREAM resolution, > > and expecting developers to use UPSTREAM keyword + regular > > resolution? > > Any other ideas? > > Use it in the sense as it is defined in Bugzilla? > > UPSTREAM > The requested bug is considered to be out of the purview of the > distro and should be submitted/discussed directly with the > respective upstream project. This could include a number of things > such as changing default configuration options or behavior, adding > new options or functionality, or deleting support for older > systems. > > IMHO it would be out of proportion to remove the field, just because > some developers don't use it as intended. What is your plan on making the developers use it correctly? -- Best regards, Michał Górny