Re: [admin] Seeking comments re Issue tracking

On 11/15/2012 04:25 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
> All,
>
> I'd like to get some feedback re how the group will track issues. A meta issue here is what we mean by "issue"and to a large extent, it depends on the
> context. In some cases, Issues are relatively broad e.g. "should spec A implement feature X" and in other cases an Issue could be much more specific
> e.g. "should parameter foo be a long or an unsigned long".
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> If we want to try to track issues, I think the main options are:  a) Issues are bugs so just use Bugzilla(or whatever bug db we decide to use);
Bugzilla please. Tracker is not open.


  b) use
> Tracker (as is done by WebEventsWG); c) Issues should be explicitly identified in the appropriate spec.
Not sure what c) means, but certainly bug reports should describe what the bug is about.

-Olli



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> My preference is to not be overly prescriptive/formal re how we handle and track issues but that we do indeed try to track them. As such, I am mostly
> indifferent on what we do, although I tend to favor using both b) and c) above, depending on the nature/context of the Issue. OTOH, I think a),
> possibly in combination c) is fine too.
>
> Comments, preferences?
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> If no one feels strongly here, I will start a CfC to use b) and c) for Issue tracking (as is done by WebEventsWG).
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> -Thanks, AB
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Received on Wednesday, 21 November 2012 11:49:09 UTC