Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:50:55 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clean up old PRs Message-ID: <BANLkTi=s25HMfx-ykocX3Xi6S2HPsMnjfQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110516080207.7ef48549@seibercom.net> References: <20110516080207.7ef48549@seibercom.net>
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> I am proposing a new one: > > x - expired > =C2=A0 =C2=A0This report is over 2 years old. If no one has bothered to f= ix it > =C2=A0 =C2=A0by now, then in all probability no one will. I am very against this proposal. Some bugs have persisted for over a decade, but are still problems (see bin/1375 for an example). As Matthew said " Just because it's old doesn't mean it's pointless." Having an "expired" state would discourage people from perusing the bugs and trying to find something to fix and would perhaps remove attention from actual bugs. Chris Rees said: >Normally closed is used for this. As of this time it can not get closed because "no one wants to work on it". A PR can get closed for one of the following reasons: (a) the issue is resolved and have been MFCed to all supported branches (b) It is not a real bug (c) It involves specific hardware information not given in the bug report and the reporter times out. Regarding old PRs which have already been fixed: I have spent considerable time trying to find bugs which are no longer issues and setting them to the closed state. If you are aware of any feel free to email me directly or hop on to #freebsd-bugbusters on EFNet. Regarding the new states for the different meanings of suspended and open: This has come up multiple times before. Nearly everyone agrees that the current state of affairs is non-optimal. Invariable someone brings up new states and/or a new bug tracking system. If you look throughout the archives this mailing list as well as -questions, -hackers, etc, you can find archives of these discussions. I strongly suggest you peruse these before starting this discussion again :-) --=20 Eitan Adler
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