From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 21 16: 9:30 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDA7C37B401; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:09:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF5BE43F5B; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:09:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.12.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h0M09POs033357; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 02:09:26 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id h0M09NBU033354; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 02:09:23 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 02:09:23 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: "Bruce A. Mah" Cc: Arun Sharma , Subject: Re: verbose device probing ? In-Reply-To: <200301211626.h0LGQ88B001307@intruder.bmah.org> Message-ID: <20030122014658.I43637-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, Arun Sharma wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 08:33:09AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > > > > PS. I personally ignore the severity and priority fields of PRs. The > > > importance of many PRs I've dealt with is very much inflated. > > > > > > > Perhaps you should change the severity field to a lower level then ? Or > > is there a different problem (such as lack of good tools) that prevent you > > from doing that ? > > The severity and priority fields can be changed manually but that > doesn't solve the problem that relying on the user-specified severity > and priority fields for anything meaningful just doesn't work. > > The only point that I was trying to make with my comment was that you > shouldn't place much weight on the contents of the severity and priority > fields in the database. > This sounds like throwing the baby out with the water - it would be better to find a relatively clueful volutnteer(s) who would make sure the fields are set to sensible values. This is sometimes reffered to asbug triaging. > Bruce. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message