On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Jeroen Roovers <j...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2013 21:08:53 +0000
> bugzilla-dae...@gentoo.org wrote:
>
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>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470392
>>
>>             Bug ID: 470392
>>            Summary: Please stabilize =dev-libs/libconfig-1.4.9-r1
>
> We agreed a little while ago that bug Summaries should start with an
> atom, if possible, and explain the action later. Also, robotically
> filing thousands of bugs and making them say "please" every time isn't
> going to endear anyone to your cause. So do something like this:
>
>     "<cat/pkg-version> stabilisation request"

When/where did that happen?

> Is a stabilisation an enhancement per se? If all stabilisations are
> enhancements, then why isn't Severity set to Normal instead? (What is
> an enhanced severity to begin with, Mozilla?)

Huh, good point. It makes sense to me that this bug is strictly an
enhancement (e.g. more like a feature than like a bug), but that's
more a bug type than a severity.

>>           Priority: Normal
>
> This is where you probably wanted to set something similar to
> Enhancement above, but again you probably shouldn't. Normal
> stabilisation bugs are normal, not less than normal.

>> Also, your script does not set the STABLEREQ keyword. People are having
>> to hunt down your robo-stabilisation requests and add it themselves.
>> You should just do it yourself or turn your script off.
>
> According to the bug wrangler docs STABLEREQ should be handled by the
> maintainer. Why should there be a difference whether a user or a dev is
> requesting stabilisation?

Sure, but in the case of mass-filing stabilization bugs, optimizing
for maintainers makes more sense to me.

Cheers,

Dirkjan

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