[Fwd: Re: New bugzilla components.]

[James Hawkins]

On Dec 17, 2007 12:51 AM, Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Dmitry Timoshkov wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Users are not supposed to set a category the bug belongs to, this requires
> > > > an investigation and knowledge of a developer. Personally I'd prefer to have
> > > > "default" in the list instead of "wine-misc".
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Better choice:  Unknown or intial report.  This will allow a user to
> > > file a bug without having to get technical.
> > > This also allows bug triage and for the appropriate developer or
> > > development team to be notified of a new
> > > bug.
> > >
> >
> > What?  I assume you're talking about adding a new landing page like a
> > simplified initial bug report.  That has nothing to do with the
> > current discussion, so please bring that up out of this thread if you
> > really want that.  Also, we already are notified of new bug reports
> > through wine-bugs.
>
> While wine-bugs can notify us of new bugs, there's not really anyway
> to search for 'untriaged' bugs. A keyword or a default component would
> allow for this. Since I spend most of my time attempting to
> verify/triage new bugs as well as trimming out old bugs, this would be
> a big help.
>

Bad idea.  This would promote inactivity on older bugs.  Just pay
attention to wine-bugs.

> On a side note, what is the general consensus on an 'unimplemented
> function' keyword?
>

I'm pretty sure the consensus is against.

-- 
James Hawkins