Re: A brief description of issue tracker states

Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, 2008-06-20 07:04 -0500:

> Seems that resolutions are also tracked:
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/resolutions

I at least didn't know about those (or didn't remember). But the
fact that they exist doesn't mean that we necessarily need to
actually use them unless we choose to.

> If closed = resolved, is the resolutions page needed?

Perhaps not.

> Or is the resolutions page to track formal working group
> decisions derived from survey results?

As far as I know, we have never actually decided to use the
resolutions page at all yet.

> If that is the case maybe consider renaming the resolutions page
> "decisions"?

Sounds reasonable to me if/when we decide to use it all.

> f.y.i. there is also a "Postponed" state:
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/postponed

Another "feature" that we are not under any obligation to actually
use just because it exists.

/me begins to suspect that some parts of the Tracker may have
drifted into over-engineering for hypothetical uses that nobody
has actually encountered yet or that most groups in general are
not likely to find useful...

  --Mike