On Thu, 23 May 2013 23:20:00 -0600 Ryan Hill <dirtye...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Is a version bump an enhancement per se? > > Yes. Nothing is broken. There is no "bug" to fix. No. Things can be broken. There are almost always bugs to fix. New versions come with "bug" fixes too, users need these fixes. > > If all version bumps are > > enhancements, then why isn't Severity set to Normal instead? (What > > is an enhanced version bump to begin with, Mozilla?) > > It's not an "enhanced" bug, the bug is a request for an improvement > (aka enhance_ment_). Bug fixes are improvements too, so this definition is ambiguous. > Severity is meant to give you a way of categorizing open bugs by how > important they are, as you may want to fix actual bugs before > worrying about adding features. Version bumps do not necessarily add features; just because they have the potential to add features doesn't mean they don't fix actual bugs. > Maybe you don't use bugzilla like that but some people do and > lumping these bugs in with the "normal" ones prevents them from doing > so. Using "enhancement" prevents them from importing upstream bug fixes. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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