On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Andre Klapper <[email protected]>wrote:

> > Barring any changes like that, I'd prefer to keep the keyword, and ask
> > that the new Bug Wrangler help keep the upstream keyword up-to-date.
> > For issues that do have the keyword, it's handy shorthand that has
> > saved me some time parsing out the comments.
>
> It already unclear to me what setting this keyword implies:
> That the person setting the keyword should also take care of forwarding
> it to upstream? That the person is also responsible to keep it in sync?
> Or just wishful thinking that somebody else will hopefully do that?
>

I try to make sure I've at least filed or found a bug report in the
upstream tracker, subscribed to it there, and referenced it on our bug when
applying the 'upstream' keyword. There's not really a standard for where to
put a link to the upstream, but you'll usually find them in either:
* the URL link field in bugzilla
* in a comment
* very occasionally, in "related bugs"

Since the URL link on the bug may be needed for a demonstration of the bug,
just putting it in a comment is the most consistent thing to do I think.

I also sometimes reference our bug on the upstream tracker, which a) says
"hey MediaWiki/Wikipedia needs this fix pls!" and b) may encourage folks on
that side to contact us if we forget to follow the bug. ;)

If we have anything marked 'upstream' where we *don't* have a visible
upstream bug report, we should fix those. :)

I kinda like the idea of a resolution instead of a keyword, as that
simplifies the question of what to resolve as (open? later? something
else?) but the keyword works for now.

This should be covered by a triage guide to be written.
>

+1

-- brion
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