RE: [w3c sml] Action 108 - tracking bugs

The original intent was to leave the requirement for review up to the
editor after making an editorial change. 
 
I think a key point here is that anyone may be asked to come up with
proposed text, not just editors. 
 
My preference is that, in the case where the group wants to see some
text before approving, it is not really an 'editorial' task. Anyone in
the group with the appropriate expertise could be asked to come up with
proposed text that explains a point. (I believe we've asked non-editors
to do this a few times already.) This person should be assigned the bug
while it is still in 'needsAgreement'. Then after the text is submitted
and agreed upon by the group, it is moved to 'editorial'. In my mind, an
editorial task is a editing task where that task is reasonably
well-defined. The editor still has the option to move it to needsReview
if he/she feels verification is needed before resolving.
 
We could still have an 'editorialWithReview' keyword. This could cover
an in-between case.
 
--
ginny
 
 

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Subject: Re: [w3c sml] Action 108 - tracking bugs



Reading through this, it confirms we have a process "bug".  There are
two exits from Editorial, one needing review by the group of the
proposed change (needsReview) and the other going straight to resolved
w/o that review.  We already encountered this once in practice, where
Kumar had to put a comment in the bug so he wouldn't forget to review
the proposed change with the group. 

Seems to me we need to separate the two, eg editorial and
editorialReview or some such. 


Best Regards, John

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Please review the attached diagram. This is a proposal from the editors
to track the state of bugs. The ovals are actions performed by the WG
and the rectangles represent keywords we can use to track the bug
status. This proposal is a (very) simplified version of what the schema
group is doing. 

Keywords (they are lower case / camel case):

No keyword - the bug is new and ready for triage.

'needsAgreement' - the bug is being discussed or otherwise waiting on
some action and not yet ready for the editors.

'editorial' - the bug is ready for an editor to take it and perform the
required editorial action based on the resolution agreed upon by the WG.
Note that anyone entering a simple 'typo' bug should add this keyword
when they submit the bug so we don't spend time on triage for typos.

'needsReview' - the editorial change is complete but the editor would
like the WG to review the change. This state may be skipped. That is,
the editor may choose to move the bug directly to 'resolved' if she
feels that no review is necessary. 

'resolved' - the bug is resolved.

I will change the bugs we reviewed today to add the appropriate keywords
- assuming I don't get any major objections to this proposal.

--
ginny
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