On 28-Feb-06, at 8:25 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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On Feb 28, 2006, at 6:42 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:
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If all upstream bugs should be open in Ubuntu then something should
open them (probably, Launchpad automatically). If, on the other
hand,
most bugs shouldn't be open - in particular, if only a small
subset of
upstream bugs should be recorded against Ubuntu - then there
should be
a way to close a bug that was opened in Ubuntu's bugtracker but which
it has now been decided should not have been reported there.
...
Would it work to add a status meaning "We're not interested in
fixing the bug here specifically, but we'll happily pick up a fix
if/when it appears in an upstream release"?
If enough developers complain about the same issue as Ian, I might
suggest:
* a "Patches Welcome" status, though if we keep adding statuses
and checkboxes for everything, we're going to end up as Bugzilla with
portlets, and be even harder to figure out
* using an "upstream" keyword, and/or letting dev teams figure out
their own policy for dealing with this issue using tagging/
categorization
There's also the vague possibility of a magic "defer to upstream"
button that reprioritizes the task, and does some other things, but
that reeks of flaming featuritis.
Cheers,
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Brad Bollenbach
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