[Openstack] Wishlist bugs
Thierry Carrez
thierry at openstack.org
Fri Feb 3 08:43:25 UTC 2012
Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Wishlist ("I want a pony") bugs that have sat in launchpad for an
> extended period with no progress contribute to the general noise in
> launchpad - for developers trying to fix stuff that matter to people,
> they're not a very good source of information.
>
> So, how about we do this:
>
> http://wiki.openstack.org/BugTriage
>
> Priority 8: Review wishlist bugs
>
> We should review all Wishlist bugs to make sure they are still
> relevant and properly prioritized.
>
> If a low priority Wishlist bug has seen no visible progress in
> several months, set its status to Opinion with a friendly comment
> e.g.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but it looks like no-one is actively
> working on this Wishlist item and it is marked as Low priority. I
> am moving the bug to Opinion status so that it doesn't clutter up
> the default queries.
>
> If any one decides to work on the bug, please feel free to move
> it to In Progress.
>
> Thoughts?
We can certainly apply this rule to 6-month old wishlist bugs that are
clearly wishlist. A query of Wishlist/Opinion bugs can be used to get a
list of abandoned "I want a pony" topics if anyone runs out of work.
The trick is to distinguish between clear wishes ("I want a pony"
wishlist bugs) and missing necessary features ("feature gaps" wishlist
bugs). The former can be moved out of sight after 6 months, but the
latter should not. We might need to prioritize the latter as bugs
(Low/Med/High/Critical) to clearly distinguish between the two.
--
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Release Manager, OpenStack
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