Hi Christian, >>In case that the changed functionality/behaviour is controversial, this >>should be discussed in the project and if needed, escalated to the >>project lead (next step of escalation would be project leads list). > > We already saw how good that works :-/ (the page-format in "File"-menu issue, > plugin and applets in impress as two examples :-(()
I agree that there is an open issue here. I'm probably even on your side to a certain extent (hey, I fought this quickstarter change, and a few others from this category, myself :). But this is not in the scope of the current discussion. Thus, I'd like to keep it out here, sorry. However, I'd still like to include a statement about escalation, as this is an important thing for users. Whether and how this works is another story, though. > This is sill workarounding lack of features in IssueZilla. Other > bugtrackers have both severity and priority. We only have one. And that > is not really used "properly" - but mainly as an "excuse" to not fix or > look at "low-priority" issues. (Other bug trackers also have a "blocking release XY flag", which can be requested, approved, and denied. If we had those, the whole discussion here were obsolete.) > But better than nothing. Yes. >> release_blocker: >> This keyword denotes issues which describe a regression, i.e. >> functionality which worked in an older version, but is broken in a >> newer version. In opposite to the "regression" keyword, >> "release_blocker" marks issues which are considered a blocker for >> the next maintanance release. > > > So does this *only* apply to regressions or to other issues as well? I think there meanwhile is a consensus here that this should not be about regression issues only. > And who decides whether it is a "release_blocker" or a regular > regression? - Often enough opinions differ. Who decides this today? That is: I don't know, and I am pretty sure I don't want to embark on this for the moment. Again, this is a controversial topic, but it is independent from the (technicaly) question whether we want to mark blockers by target or by keyword. So, I would again like to ask you to separate this question, sorry. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Database http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
