> > 3) create 2 flags: accepted and rejected. These could be used with
> > the
> > tracking bugs to indicate state:
> >
> > Proposed Alpha Blocker:
> > blocks fXXAlphaBlocker
> > Accepted Alpha Blocker:
> > blocks fXXAlphaBlocker
> > accepted+
> > Rejected Alpha Blocker
> > d
On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 10:17 -0700, Tim Flink wrote:
> > There are two ways we could do flags that I can see:
> >
> > 1) Create a set of six unversioned flags, using the name format we
> > came up with for the blocker aliases (AlphaBlocker,
> > AlphaFreezeException, BetaBlocker...), and use the Ve
On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 06:50 -0500, Kamil Paral wrote:
> > 1) Create a set of six unversioned flags, using the name format we
> > came
> > up with for the blocker aliases (AlphaBlocker, AlphaFreezeException,
> > BetaBlocker...), and use the Version: field to track the version
> > being
> > blocked (
On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:50:39 -0500 (EST)
Kamil Paral wrote:
> > It's also worth considering the possibility that blocker tracking
> > could
> > be moved out of BZ itself and into the blocker webapp; this has
> > several
> > advantages, like better integration with the webapp, reducing BZ
> > spa
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:47:44 -0800
Adam Williamson wrote:
> Hey, folks. So I just wanted to kick off a discussion on the merits or
> otherwise of using flags for tracking blocker bugs.
>
> If you're not aware how Bugzilla flags work,
> http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/4.4/en/html/flags-overview.html
> 1) Create a set of six unversioned flags, using the name format we
> came
> up with for the blocker aliases (AlphaBlocker, AlphaFreezeException,
> BetaBlocker...), and use the Version: field to track the version
> being
> blocked (so a bug with Version: 18 and AlphaBlocker+ is an accepted
> block
Hey, folks. So I just wanted to kick off a discussion on the merits or
otherwise of using flags for tracking blocker bugs.
If you're not aware how Bugzilla flags work,
http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/4.4/en/html/flags-overview.html gives an
overview. A flag is just a named attribute of the bug with f
