On Friday 08 July 2005 11:46 pm, Nathan L. Adams wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > >>>This brings up a point that really irks me. In the bug, I believe the > >>> dev implies that the reported bug has merit /yet he closes the bug > >>> before actually doing something about it/. And I don't mean to pick on > >>> Jeffrey; this seems to be a common habit among Gentoo devs. > > > > that's because we got tired of asking for more info/whatever and never > > getting anything back ... so we close the bug, get it off our 'todo' > > lists, and wait for the user to get back to us (not all do) > > > > this is the biggest reason NEEDINFO was created > > Having the reporter be the verifier is a great idea (probably ideal), > but again, you could assign the verification to the Team Lead. If the > Team Lead can get the user to respond, great, otherwise they could do > the QA themselves.
you missed the point of NEEDINFO the bug is closed as NEEDINFO until the reporter gets back to us ... then it's re-opened ... in fact, the entire point is that the reporter *never responds again* so having them verify anything doesnt make any sense in this case -mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
