Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-02-01 Thread Jonathan Wakely
On 29 January 2010 11:09, Piotr Wyderski wrote: > Paolo Carlini wrote: > >> Thus, what's the point of submitter fiddling with those Bugzilla >> fields? Putting some sort of psychological pressure on people actually >> working on fixing the bugs? > > Well, that's true when it comes to high prioritie

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Kai Tietz
2010/1/29 Richard Earnshaw : > > On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 12:25 +, Dave Korn wrote: >> On 29/01/2010 12:02, Richard Earnshaw wrote: >> >> > We have three categories of users of BZ: RMs, Developers, and the rest. >> > Developers are *not* the same as the rest and that extends beyond the >> > abilit

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Earnshaw
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 12:25 +, Dave Korn wrote: > On 29/01/2010 12:02, Richard Earnshaw wrote: > > > We have three categories of users of BZ: RMs, Developers, and the rest. > > Developers are *not* the same as the rest and that extends beyond the > > ability to modify bug reports. > > Ah,

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Korn
On 29/01/2010 12:02, Richard Earnshaw wrote: > We have three categories of users of BZ: RMs, Developers, and the rest. > Developers are *not* the same as the rest and that extends beyond the > ability to modify bug reports. Ah, I may have overlooked something here; can the creator not adjust th

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Guenther
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Richard Earnshaw wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 12:24 +0100, Richard Guenther wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Dave Korn >> wrote: >> > On 29/01/2010 11:03, Richard Guenther wrote: >> > >> >> This should ideally be documented in >> >> http://gcc.gnu.o

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Earnshaw
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 11:26 +, Dave Korn wrote: > On 29/01/2010 11:03, Richard Guenther wrote: > > > This should ideally be documented in > > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/management.html > > Both the way that page is named, and the way the link to it is indented > under the link to the BZ front

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Earnshaw
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 12:24 +0100, Richard Guenther wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Dave Korn > wrote: > > On 29/01/2010 11:03, Richard Guenther wrote: > > > >> This should ideally be documented in > >> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/management.html > > > > Both the way that page is named, a

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Guenther
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Dave Korn wrote: > On 29/01/2010 11:03, Richard Guenther wrote: > >> This should ideally be documented in >> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/management.html > >  Both the way that page is named, and the way the link to it is indented > under the link to the BZ frontpage i

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Piotr Wyderski
Paolo Carlini wrote: > Thus, what's the point of submitter fiddling with those Bugzilla > fields? Putting some sort of psychological pressure on people actually > working on fixing the bugs? Well, that's true when it comes to high priorities, but the submitter should have the opportunity to speci

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Korn
On 29/01/2010 11:03, Richard Guenther wrote: > This should ideally be documented in > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/management.html Both the way that page is named, and the way the link to it is indented under the link to the BZ frontpage in the side navbar on the gcc.gnu.org front page, make it look

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Guenther
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Piotr Wyderski wrote: > Steven Bosscher wrote: > Only RMs may set priority. >>> >>> I beg your pardon?  Where in the docs does it say that? >> >> I don't know that, but it's been discussed many times on this list. > > As a mere mortal I've used the priority s

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Piotr Wyderski
Paolo Carlini wrote: > Sure. Maybe it's also worth reminding that submitters don't need to add > explicitly themselves in CC. It's the reason I asked -- I've been recently removed from CC. So thanks for explanation. Best regards Piotr Wyderski

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Korn
On 29/01/2010 10:12, Steven Bosscher wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Richard Earnshaw wrote: >> In PR target/42894 rguenth said: >>> Only RMs may set priority. >> I beg your pardon? Where in the docs does it say that? > > I don't know that, but it's been discussed many times on this l

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Paolo Carlini
On 01/29/2010 12:00 PM, Dave Korn wrote: > I can't see any reason on earth not to CC yourself to any bug that you > have > even a passing interest in monitoring progress with, and regularly do it > myself. Nobody's ever complained. > Sure. Maybe it's also worth reminding that submitters don't n

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Korn
On 29/01/2010 10:29, Piotr Wyderski wrote: > Anyway, speaking of reporting bugs: what's the rule of > specifying CCs? Especially to the submitter himself? > I would like to be aware of the status of several bugs, > so may I add myself to the CC list? Or is it supposed > to be used only by the fixe

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Paolo Carlini
On 01/29/2010 11:09 AM, Richard Earnshaw wrote: > In PR target/42894 rguenth said: > >> Only RMs may set priority. >> > I beg your pardon? Where in the docs does it say that? > Want to say two words about how I see these issues. Eventually, when the time of releasing comes, only RMs, es

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Piotr Wyderski
Steven Bosscher wrote: >>> Only RMs may set priority. >> >> I beg your pardon?  Where in the docs does it say that? > > I don't know that, but it's been discussed many times on this list. As a mere mortal I've used the priority setting combo a few times to specify (perceived) priority, which late

Re: Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Steven Bosscher
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Richard Earnshaw wrote: > In PR target/42894 rguenth said: >> Only RMs may set priority. > > I beg your pardon?  Where in the docs does it say that? I don't know that, but it's been discussed many times on this list. Ciao! Steven

Bugzilla and setting priorities

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Earnshaw
In PR target/42894 rguenth said: > Only RMs may set priority. I beg your pardon? Where in the docs does it say that? R.