True, although the general component purpose you describe is already more along the lines of how I think the Gaia component is currently being used by dogfooders that don't know where the bug should be filed. Like the Firefox::General example you have given, I think someone who is less technical would start on the assumption by default to file the bug against the "front-most" component, especially given that currently, our dogfooding template points to the Gaia general component as the basis of where to file the bug first.

That said, it might help to point bug filers that don't know where the bug belongs at a specific component so that triagers can figure out where the bug belongs. That would fall in lines with what you are stating.

I think the concern I was more trying to get at is that I'm not sure there's enough bugs or bugs to be filed based on the other buckets that are available to warrant a general component, but perhaps it could be useful if we change the bug filing location mindset to point to this general component if people don't know where to file the bug, rather than default to filing it in Gaia directly.

Sincerely,
Jason Smith

Desktop QA Engineer
Mozilla Corporation
https://quality.mozilla.com

On 11/19/2012 7:54 PM, Justin Lebar wrote:
Do you see a noticeable amount of bugs that would right now fit into a
general component, rather than this platform component proposed?
I don't think this is necessarily the right question to ask.

For example, few bugs belong in Firefox::General, but it's still a
useful component for people who don't know technical details to file
bugs into.

On 11/19/2012 5:53 PM, Justin Lebar wrote:
The proposal I have is to change the name of the component from "General"
to
"Platform," as that would give better indication to a bug filer that bugs
go
there are general bugs about platform of FF OS that don't fit into a Core
component.
I wouldn't mind having a B2G::Platform component, but having a default
filing location (e.g. "B2G::General") serves a purpose as well.

-Justin


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