[Mageia-bugsquad] Update candidates waiting for packager input

[Samuel Verschelde]

Le samedi 10 septembre 2011 00:57:27, Manuel Hiebel a écrit :
> Le samedi 10 septembre 2011 à 00:33 +0200, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
> > In order to differentiate update candidates awaiting testing and those
> > awaiting packager action, we will now assign the bug reports to the
> > packagers when we are waiting for their input.
> > 
> > When doing this, we need to add qa-bugs in CC to the bug report to make
> > sure we will still get notifications about it, and that above all it
> > still shows in the saved search :
> > https://bugs.mageia.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remaction=run&namedcmd=
> > waiting%20for%20QA%20test&sharer_id=22
> > 
> > This way the state of an update candidate can be identified from the
> > information in the bug report:
> > - assigned to qa-bugs and has the validated keyword => ready to push
> > - assigned to qa-bugs without the validated keyword => update candidate
> > that needs testing
> > - not assigned to qa-bugs but has qa-bugs in CC => update candidate
> > awaiting packager input
> > 
> > In the above saved search, sorting by Assignee will allow to separate
> > updates needing testing and updates awaiting packager input. Maybe in
> > the future we can split it in 2 different saved searches if we find it
> > useful.
> > 
> > I see 2 options :
> > - either systematically assign to the packager when a tester encounters a
> > difficulty or needs more information
> > - or only when we have been waiting for more than 2 days
> > 
> > The first option could be more heavy but the second requires people from
> > QA and/or triage to regularly update the bug reports. As we already do
> > it, I would choose option 2.
> > 
> > Which option do you prefer ?
> 
> option 2 for me
> 
> > Once we have decided I will try to remember to send this piece of
> > information to the mageia-dev mailing and to update the wiki. If I
> > forget, please remind it to me :)
> 
> mageia-discuss is not mageia-dev :p
> 

I really meant mageia-dev, to pass the information to packagers, so that they 
know that they must assign the bug back to qa-bugs after they did their work 
:)

Samuel