This looks like a great start.

Yamil

On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:40 AM, Kathy Lussier <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Please excuse cross postings.
> 
> Over the past few months, DIG has been discussing the use of Launchpad to 
> identify documentation needs. We've tried a couple of trial bugs to see how 
> the process works, and I think the process has gone well for those trial 
> bugs. However, the trials have also brought up some questions on how to tag 
> documentation bugs, how and when to use things like the Fix Released status, 
> etc. I thought it would be useful if we had some written guidelines to follow 
> for using Launchpad to track documentation needs.
> 
> I posted a draft set of guidelines this morning at 
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:lp_docs.
> 
> I'm hoping to get some feedback from fellow DIG members as well as from the 
> developers/bug wranglers who are already using Launchpad on a daily basis to 
> track coding needs.
> 
> The one question I struggled with was the extent to which we want to use 
> Launchpad features like milestones, statuses, importance etc. In a previous 
> DIG meeting when this question was first raised, I recall that some of the 
> bug wranglers had recommended against using milestones for documentation (too 
> much of a maintenance overhead?), but is there a use for some of these other 
> fields? I think the "Assigned to" field can be useful for people who want to 
> indicate that they are working on a particular doc.
> 
> I also plan to work today on a central wiki page that will provide direct 
> links to the documentation bugs, broken down by different functional areas 
> (circulation, system configuration, opac etc.) If we use consistent tagging 
> when submitting these Launchpad reports, we should be able to easily link 
> people to those documentation needs relevant to their area of interest.
> 
> Let me know what you think!
> 
> Kathy
> 

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