On Fri, 07 Sep 2012, Justin B Rye wrote: > Don Armstrong wrote: > > get_bug_status > [...] > > Okay, so technically *all* of these elements (including the tags and > subject and so on) are part of the bug's "status", and the "pending > state" is just one element in that.
Right. > > pending -- pending state of the bug; one of following > > possible values; values listed later have precedence if multiple > > conditions are satisifed: > > I hadn't guessed that! I was assuming a bug could have multiple > state-tags at the same time... not that I'm saying any of this is > unreasonable, just that it's not something anyone could have deduced > from first principles! Yeah, it's just the way it's always been done, and inertia is difficult to overcome unless there's a strong reason to do so. > > pending -- default state > > forwarded -- bug has been forwarded > > pending-fixed -- bug is tagged pending > > fixed -- bug is tagged fixed > > absent -- bug does not apply to this distribution/architecture > > done -- bug is resolved in this distribution/architecture > > This ordering is really interesting - if a bug only exists in the > amd64 arch, it starts off "pending" there and "absent" elsewhere; then > if it's tagged forwarded and pending, only the latter is reflected > here (in a really confusing way). Then "fixed" trumps those, but only > for the non-"absent" arch, while "done" trumps everything and applies > even to the i386 nonbug. absent and done are mutually exclusive, so you can't ever not apply to this distribution/architecture and yet be resolved. So the bug would still be absent in i386, but done in amd64, for example. > And there isn't a state on the end of the list for "archived"; > that's recorded separately. Yes, because archival state is primarily a reflection of where a bug is located (and its modifiability), not whether it's been properly resolved or not. [The code isn't supposed to archive bugs which have not been properly resolved, but it's possible for a bug to become present in a distribution after it has been archived.] > The difference between "fixed" and "done" is also a bit obscure, but > this is one I was already aware of. Right; this is YA limitation of using synonyms with precise technical meaning. Don Armstrong -- "Because," Fee-5 explained patiently, "I was born in the fifth row. Any fool would understand that, but against stupidity the very Gods themselves contend in vain." -- Alfred Bester _The Computer Connection_ p19 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
