Onno Benschop wrote: >>> >>> >> When you say 'a member of the general community' do you mean not in >> ubuntu-qa and not a developer (I ask because people from the volunteer >> community are also in those groups)? If you are not then it it's >> correct that you cannot set those states. This change gives more >> structure to the bug flow in that it will be more clear what is meant by >> a given state. >> >> > Yes. I'm not a member of any groups. So, I think you're saying I should > become a member of those groups :) > Yes, please do!
> >> If you are trying to reproduce it or asking for more information from >> the submitter then this will be clear from the comments and you can set >> it to Incomplete. >> >> If you are not a developer then it is misleading to set it to In >> Progress because nobody is actually working on the fix and it may never >> be fixed. >> >> > Well, no I'm not a developer, err, I am, but not in the Ubuntu context. > If I'm working on a bug in say dosfstools, or gphpedit, then there is no > need for another developer to spend time duplicating my work. To be > accurate, I've not released any actual fixes (yet), so I've not had a > problem where I needed to submit a fix. > > So to say that nobody is working on the fix, sort of makes me a nobody :-) > Please don't interpret it that way :) As I replied to Scott, if the bug is not handled by someone who can upload to Ubuntu then it's fair to say that nobody is working on a fix in Ubuntu. > "Do I need to become a member of any specific groups to fix bugs in > Ubuntu?" > To do it independently, yes. I we encourage you to! Henrik -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
