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[Matthew Clark <MatthewClark AT InLesserTerms.net>]

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Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:10:23AM -0500, Matthew Clark wrote:
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> Replying to list, you should do the same Matthew, so other's can see
> what you're writing ;)
> 
>> Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 08:28:56AM -0700, Eric Sandall wrote:
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>>>> Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
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>>>>> I'm not sure. Overall I don't think that the whole FIXED -> VERIFIED ->
>>>>> CLOSED process is working too well for us, and I don't really see a need
>>>>> to.
>>>>> Why not just resolve stuff as FIXED and have it reopened if it's not
>>>>> fixed for the reporter? That's imho much easier. It drops the explicit
>>>>> verification step, but do we need that one?
>>>> While not everyone uses VERIFIED and CLOSED, they are handy for a proper
>>>> bug tracking system as it is good to know that what was done to mark it
>>>> as FIXED actually worked for the reporter. Otherwise, when someone comes
>>>> along later and does a REOPEN we don't know if that's because the fix
>>>> didn't really work or what.
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather we tried to have people use the methods we have than change
>>>> the methods to make it 'easier'.
>>>  
>>> Yeah, I realized that after writing.
>>> In general VERIFIED + CLOSED is a good idea. The problem is that not
>>> everyone verifies fixed bugs, so how about we define a time period after
>>> which a bug is assumed verified and can be closed? Say a month after it
>>> got FIXED?
>>>
>> Does that mean a maintainer (or whoever fixed the bug) would have to
>> remember to come back and mark the bug as VERIFIED in a month?
>  
> It should be easy enough to create a bugzilla query listing all bugs
> assigned to you that are marked FIXED and haven't changed in a month so
> they can be VERIFIED/CLOSED.
> 

Well, I don't know about others, but the net section has so many bugs,
I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever get them all done.

So when you say "It should be easy enough to create a bugzilla query",
you are correct, but for me, that will an additional task, and not a
small one -- nearly all bugzilla queries return a large result set for me.

I guess what I'm saying is that I spend enough time in front of bugzilla
as it is.  But I'm just complaining, I suppose.  I'll be quiet now :)
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