Hi,
I recently filed a bug on an *important feature* that has the potential
to get many more people involved in helping with Mozilla. It is:
"Need a keyword for *low risk - high reward* bugs (not just for mailnews)"
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68156
This bug is being shot down by ASA. I think he is wrong and doesn't
understand the potential benefit to this project. Please consider by
arguments below and comment here, vote & CC yourself on the bug.
1. This new KW would be most beneficial in getting the attention of
*novice programmers* and experienced programmers who need a short
break/diversion/easy success to identify simple bugs that are often
overlooked because the feature is already "good enough" (but not really)
as it is, or is not on the "we must do the other critical bugs first" list..
2. minor, trivial and enhancement *ONLY* indicate the "importance" of a
bug. They give NO indication of the "complexity" of a bug.
A bug could very well have a "trivial" severity and be quite "difficult"
to fix. Likewise, a bug could be a "blocker" but very "easy" to fix.
This would be an *extreme but obvious+ case of *LoRiskHiReward*.
3. The reason nobody has come to fix the 20 bugs I listed in this bug
(see my bug) is because nobody knows to look for them. Another clear
indication that we desperately need a way for beginner or
casual/occasional contributers to help move this project along.
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Regards,
Peter Lairo
