[Openstack] [Nova] How to improve our bug triaging ?

Vishvananda Ishaya vishvananda at gmail.com
Tue Jun 26 21:44:52 UTC 2012


On Jun 21, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> * Run BugTriage days more often ?
> We could have regular (monthly?) Nova Bugtriage days to get rid of what
> accumulated in the mean time. But I fear that urgent bugs might not get
> the attention they deserve, and that over time less and less people
> participate to those exciting events...

+1

> 
> * Add BugTriaging to the core dev duties (new ReviewDays task) ?
> May be a good idea since core devs are also Nova bug supervisors, so
> they actually /can/ triage bugs. However it sounds a bit unfair to core
> devs, and I fear it would result in Nova reviews getting even less
> attention than they get currently...

Lets hold off on this until we see how the below goes
> 
> * Should we just encourage more people to do BugTriaging ?
> Sounds like the obvious solution. However to do good triaging, you need
> bug supervisors rights, and when I proposed to open that team (the
> nova-bugs team) to anyone, there was resistance. Maybe it makes sense
> for Nova though... or maybe someone should actively manage that team and
> grant rights to any known triager that needs them.


Lets just open it up for now and approve everyone in the current queue

> 
> Thoughts ? Other suggestions ?


A formalized way for triagers to mark tough bugs for review by core would be great. Then a core duty of sifting through those bugs makes sense.

Vish



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