Hello all, After a discussion I had with gentildemon about bug https://gna.org/bugs/index.php?11180 I though it would be a good idea to get a feeling about what meaning people consider that the severity should have?
Here follows my interpretation of them and what *I* know to be the general practice. As I explained in the comments of the bug, in all the projects I have participated (free software or commercial) people associated the "severity" field mostly to the "release-ability" of the code with regard to that specific issue. Thus, for me the meanings of the severity levels are as follows: - security - this is a security issue; fixing this bug itself warrants a release; thus, when fixing this type of bug is generally a good idea to make a release immediately (for the latest releases, be them stable or betas) - blocker - this bug is that bad that we can't release the next version without fixing this bug; in other words, this bug blocks the next release - important - this is an important issue and is preferable to fix this as soon as possible; this bug can be on the list of release goals of the next release - normal - this is a bug that is a functional problem which can be annoying; it would be a good thing to fix this for the next release, but is not a problem if is postponed - minor - a minor issue like spelling issues, small cosmetical issues; is probably trivial to fix such an issue and it would be nice to fix this for the next release - wish - usually a feature request; it might involve a lot of work, or even a small amount of work; definitely this is not an issue to stop the release. I think this is the correct interpretation since all of severities relate directly to the next release. Do people feel this is not the correct interpretation of the severities? I got this feeling from gentidemon since he associated a blocker bug with the fact the game itself is blocking and doesn't have to do at all with the release-ability of the code. What do people think? Which is the interpretation you think is more appropiate/correct/fit for this project? How do others interpret the severity field of the bugs? Could you please expand the explanation, if you map those severities differently ? -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein _______________________________________________ Wormux-dev mailing list Wormux-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wormux-dev
