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On 2016-07-12 09:59, Markus Zoeller wrote:
> After closing the old (>18months) bug reports nobody is working on a few
> days ago [1], it became clear that the "in progress" reports are the
> majority [2]. After asking Gerrit how long it usually takes to get a fix
> merged [3], this is the result:
> 
>     number of merged bug fixes within the last 365 days: 689
>     merged within ~1m : 409 (~59%)
>     merged within ~2m : 102 (~14%)
>     merged within ~3m :  57 (~ 8%)
>     merged > 3month   : 121 (~17%)
> 
>     Note: This doesn't reflect the time a patch might be marked as
>     "WIP". It also doesn't add up to 100% as I rounded down the
>     percentages.
> 
> This made me thinking about ways to increase the review throughput of
> bug fix changes, especially the bug fixes in the "~2m" and "~3m" area. I
> *assume* that the fixes in the ">3m" area had inherent problems or
> waited for basic structural changes, but that's just guesswork.
> 
> The proposal is this:
> * have a TBD list with max 10 items on it (see list possibilities below)
> * add new items during nova meeting if slots are free
> * Change owners must propose their changes as meeting agenda items
> * drop change from list in nova meeting if progress is not satisfying
> 
> List possibilities:
> 1) etherpad of doom? maintained by (?|me)
>     + easy to add/remove from everyone
>     - hard to query
> 2) gerrit: starred by (?|me)
>     + easy to add/remove from the list maintainer
>     + easy to query
>     - No additions/removals when the list maintainer is on vacation
> 3) gerrit: add a comment flag TOP10BUGFIX and DROPTOP10BUGFIX
>     + easy to add/remove from everyone
>     + easy to query (comment:TOP10BUGFIX not comment:DROPTOP10BUGFIX)
>     - once removed with a comment "DROPTOP10BUGFIX", a repeated
>       addition is not practical anymore.
> 4) gerrit: tag a change
>     + easy to add/remove from everyone
>     + easy to query
>     - not yet available in our setup

You could also use a specific topic for these - instead of the bug/XXX,
use TOP10BUG.

Another suggestion: Check what neutron has done with their review board
that is available from http://status.openstack.org/reviews/ as "Gerrit
Dashboard links" - a dashboard that takes into account the launchpad bug
status and is generated using a script (see
https://review.openstack.org/298779 ),

Andreas
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