Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-19 Thread Michael K. Edwards
> Michael K. Edwards wrote: >> Perhaps the tool that generates the list could be amended to list >> "someone >> other than maintainer has responded, but maintainer has not" cases. Is >> this likely to generate a lot of false positives? > > I'd think that it generates quite some false positives. >

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-19 Thread Michael K. Edwards
> Michael K. Edwards wrote: >> Perhaps the tool that generates the list could be amended to list >> "someone >> other than maintainer has responded, but maintainer has not" cases. Is >> this likely to generate a lot of false positives? > > I'd think that it generates quite some false positives. >

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-19 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Michael K. Edwards wrote: > Perhaps the tool that generates the list could be amended to list "someone > other than maintainer has responded, but maintainer has not" cases. Is > this likely to generate a lot of false positives? I'd think that it generates quite some false positives. It also leads

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-19 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Michael K. Edwards wrote: > Perhaps the tool that generates the list could be amended to list "someone > other than maintainer has responded, but maintainer has not" cases. Is > this likely to generate a lot of false positives? I'd think that it generates quite some false positives. It also leads

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-18 Thread Michael K. Edwards
> The list is short, but I don't consider it to be complete. Several > cases which aren't covered, such as when someone other than the > maintainer confirms the bug or provides more info, or where there has > been a dialog between the maintainer and reporter with the ball left in > the maintainer'

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-18 Thread Michael K. Edwards
> The list is short, but I don't consider it to be complete. Several > cases which aren't covered, such as when someone other than the > maintainer confirms the bug or provides more info, or where there has > been a dialog between the maintainer and reporter with the ball left in > the maintainer'

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-18 Thread John Belmonte
Duncan Findlay wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:01:03PM -0600, John Belmonte wrote: I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html These are RC bugs older than 2 weeks that have no follow-ups. I find that I'm able to be the m

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-18 Thread John Belmonte
Michael K. Edwards wrote: Two, I find it very encouraging to see that there are so few "neglected" bugs. A few of these bugs stem from known issues like the ruby 1.6->1.8 transition; i. e., the lack of follow-ups on a particular bug is misleading, because it's mostly there as a reminder or to bl

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-18 Thread John Belmonte
Duncan Findlay wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:01:03PM -0600, John Belmonte wrote: I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html These are RC bugs older than 2 weeks that have no follow-ups. I find that I'm able to be the most

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-18 Thread John Belmonte
Michael K. Edwards wrote: Two, I find it very encouraging to see that there are so few "neglected" bugs. A few of these bugs stem from known issues like the ruby 1.6->1.8 transition; i. e., the lack of follow-ups on a particular bug is misleading, because it's mostly there as a reminder or to bloc

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-17 Thread Michael K. Edwards
>> Two, I find it very encouraging to see that there are so few "neglected" >> bugs. A few of these bugs stem from known issues like the ruby 1.6->1.8 >> transition; i. e., the lack of follow-ups on a particular bug is >> misleading, because it's mostly there as a reminder or to block >> propagati

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-17 Thread Michael K. Edwards
>> Two, I find it very encouraging to see that there are so few "neglected" >> bugs. A few of these bugs stem from known issues like the ruby 1.6->1.8 >> transition; i. e., the lack of follow-ups on a particular bug is >> misleading, because it's mostly there as a reminder or to block >> propagati

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-17 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:28:56PM -0800, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > > Hello, > > I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: > > http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html > Two, I find it very encouraging to see that there are so few "neglected" > bugs. A few of t

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-17 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:28:56PM -0800, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > > Hello, > > I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: > > http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html > Two, I find it very encouraging to see that there are so few "neglected" > bugs. A few of t

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-16 Thread Duncan Findlay
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:01:03PM -0600, John Belmonte wrote: > I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: > > http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html > > These are RC bugs older than 2 weeks that have no follow-ups. I find > that I'm able to be the most helpful w

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-16 Thread Michael K. Edwards
> Hello, > > I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: > > http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html Thanks, John; I found this helpful, on two scores. One, I spotted one package on your list that I care about and feel competent to help with (lyx); I'm putting togeth

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-16 Thread Duncan Findlay
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:01:03PM -0600, John Belmonte wrote: > I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: > > http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html > > These are RC bugs older than 2 weeks that have no follow-ups. I find > that I'm able to be the most helpful w

Re: neglected RC bugs

2003-11-16 Thread Michael K. Edwards
> Hello, > > I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: > > http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html Thanks, John; I found this helpful, on two scores. One, I spotted one package on your list that I care about and feel competent to help with (lyx); I'm putting togeth