[VOTE] bugzilla issues cleanup

[Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>]

After our recent discussions 
(http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=112895329800001&r=1&w=2), I suggest 
cleaning up our bugzilla issues, with the help of those who entered 
them, as outlined below.

As this impacts our user's perception and the handling of our 
all-important issues list, I'd like to have your votes before 
proceeding.

Here's the plan:

0) Send a warning to dev@cocoon.apache.org, that 1) will generate a lot 
of mails from bugzilla, people should filter them to a different 
folder.


1) Set all open issues (except those filed since September 1st, but 
including patches) to resolution=LATER and PRIORITY=P5, and add to each 
issue the comment shown under "Bugzilla comment to send" on 
http://wiki.apache.org/cocoon BugzillaIssuesCleanup. This can be done 
en masse in bugzilla.

This will send a mail to issue reporters, people in CC and assignees 
(which means many mails here).


2) People receive the mail with a link to 
http://wiki.apache.org/cocoon/BugzillaIssuesCleanup and find detailed 
instructions there.

They can either close the issue if it's not valid anymore, or reopen 
it, see the wiki page for details.


3) We wait 2 weeks, until October 31st


4) After this deadline, Issues in state LATER and containing 
BUGZILLA_CLEANUP_2005_10 are  those which were not confirmed, we can 
reopen them if we want, or they stay in that state, with priority=P5 in 
any case.


I'm planning to do 1) on Monday the 17th, to start the process.

The planned migration to Jira 
(http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=112902740900001&r=1&w=2) will have to 
wait until this process is done.

Please cast your votes, here's mine:
+1

-Bertrand

Re: [VOTE] bugzilla issues cleanup

[Joerg Heinicke <jo...@gmx.de>]

Sorry to add my concerns to the vote thread. Should have mentioned them 
earlier.

On 14.10.2005 14:32, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:

> 1) Set all open issues (except those filed since September 1st, but 
> including patches) to resolution=LATER and PRIORITY=P5, and add to each 
> issue the comment shown under "Bugzilla comment to send" on 
> http://wiki.apache.org/cocoon BugzillaIssuesCleanup. This can be done en 
> masse in bugzilla.

September 1st is much to late IMO. It is not even two months ago. I 
would propose at least half a year or all bugs of this year. But IIRC to 
many bugs are of this year, aren't they? So what about a compromise of 
July 1st (= second half year of 2005)?

> 3) We wait 2 weeks, until October 31st

IMO also to short period of time. 1 month at least. When I got fixed a 
bug in other projects I always need some time to re-checkout the project 
(from which I mostly use only releases), set up a testcase and so on. 
Don't put the reporters to much under pressure.

> 4) After this deadline, Issues in state LATER and containing 
> BUGZILLA_CLEANUP_2005_10 are  those which were not confirmed, we can 
> reopen them if we want, or they stay in that state, with priority=P5 in 
> any case.

Of course every bug can be reopened. But it is an issue of perception. 
Doing this clean up to aggressively can lead to affronts to the reporters.

Jörg

Re: [VOTE] bugzilla issues cleanup

[hepabolu <he...@gmail.com>]

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:
> I'm planning to do 1) on Monday the 17th, to start the process.
> 
> The planned migration to Jira 
> (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=112902740900001&r=1&w=2) will have to 
> wait until this process is done.
> 
> Please cast your votes, here's mine:
> +1

+1

Helma

Re: [VOTE] bugzilla issues cleanup

[Peter Hunsberger <pe...@gmail.com>]

On 10/14/05, Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org> wrote:
> After our recent discussions
> (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=112895329800001&r=1&w=2), I suggest
> cleaning up our bugzilla issues, with the help of those who entered
> them, as outlined below.
>
> As this impacts our user's perception and the handling of our
> all-important issues list, I'd like to have your votes before
> proceeding.
>
> Here's the plan:

<sni>theplan</snip>

>
> I'm planning to do 1) on Monday the 17th, to start the process.
>
> The planned migration to Jira
> (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=112902740900001&r=1&w=2) will have to
> wait until this process is done.

See my conments in the "Move to Jira (Was: Re: Jira or Bugzilla...) "
thread about combining the migration with the Bugzilla cleanup....

--
Peter Hunsberger