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Re: 4K Bugs


From: Alexis
Subject: Re: 4K Bugs
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:41:44 +1100


Richard Copley <address@hidden> writes:

An argument could be made that the longest-outstanding issues should be displayed first, to try to encourage their resolution. Having said that, it could also be argued that their longevity means they're less likely to be able to be resolved soon than recent bugs. So i'm not sure what the best default is here.

This problem will go away by itself now that we're deluged with enthusiastic triagers.

Heh, well, i wouldn't call the (from what i can tell) maybe-less-than-half-a-dozen of us to be a "deluge". :-)

At any rate, i'm not sure the problem will necessarily go away by itself, for a few reasons:

* Looking over the longest-outstanding bugs, i noticed a number of them were Mac-specific. As i don't have access to a Mac - i'm on Debian - i can't try to reproduce the issue. So unless triagers have access to a Mac, such issues are more likely to languish. (This had made me wonder whether tags like 'mac', 'win' etc. might be useful?)

* Even triagers who do have access to a Mac won't necessarily feel competent enough to try to address /every/ long-outstanding bug; and this applies more generally, regardless of OS. i've been following bug-gnu-emacs for a while now, to try to help triage new bugs, but i only address a small fraction of those that come through: those haven't been addressed by someone more expert than me, and which i understand well enough to be able to try to reproduce and/or ask (hopefully) sensible questions about.

* Some of the long-outstanding bugs have a complicated history that is daunting to try to untangle and work out what the next step might be. Particularly when the history involves a heated debate which has apparently reached an uncomfortable stalemate.

Regarding the last point: maybe at least some of these sorts of bugs could be brought to John's attention for arbitration?


Alexis.



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