Simon Stelling posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:49:04 +0200:
> Hi, > > Chris White wrote: > >> <jforman> >> EBUILD BUGS GO IN GENTOO LINUX PRODUCT STOP MARKING EVERY BUG AS A >> BLOCKER >> </jforman> > > What about changing the description for the severity field rather than > jelling at users? Honestly, if a bug prevents you from using your > favourite app, wouldn't you select > > "Blocker: This bug prevents a software application from testing and use."? > > Or what about "Critical: The software crashes, hangs, or causes you to > lose data."? > > Perhaps I should file a blocker bug about this ;) Well, not blocker <g>, but ... http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73181 As mentioned there, this isn't the first time the inappropriate severity descriptions issue has been pointed out on this list. Can anyone blame folks for using the severity descriptions as a guide? -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
