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| author | Andrew Hyatt | 2016-01-01 15:07:53 -0500 |
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| committer | Andrew Hyatt | 2016-01-01 15:07:53 -0500 |
| commit | 222796697a6d1cae1d965df80fc42613f5fb1f89 (patch) | |
| tree | 280902cf86bbbf61224db6dee31e9f56e984aadb /CONTRIBUTE | |
| parent | ee0117c4a859f7d8c37661c60aa4736add4dd53f (diff) | |
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Add notes on bug triage procedure
* CONTRIBUTE: In section on the issue tracker, point to new triage file.
* admin/notes/triage: New file explaining triage procedure.
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| @@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ the tracker with the corresponding bugs/issues. | |||
| 222 | GNU ELPA has a 'debbugs' package that allows accessing the tracker | 222 | GNU ELPA has a 'debbugs' package that allows accessing the tracker |
| 223 | database from Emacs. | 223 | database from Emacs. |
| 224 | 224 | ||
| 225 | Bugs needs regular attention. A large backlog of bugs is | ||
| 226 | disheartening to the developers, and a culture of ignoring bugs is | ||
| 227 | harmful to users, who expect software that works. Bugs have to be | ||
| 228 | regularly looked at and acted upon. Not all bugs are critical, but at | ||
| 229 | the least, each bug needs to be regularly re-reviewed to make sure it | ||
| 230 | is still reproducible. | ||
| 231 | |||
| 232 | The process of going through old or new bugs and acting on them is | ||
| 233 | called bug triage. This process is described in the file | ||
| 234 | admin/notes/triage. | ||
| 235 | |||
| 225 | ** Document your changes. | 236 | ** Document your changes. |
| 226 | 237 | ||
| 227 | Any change that matters to end-users should have an entry in etc/NEWS. | 238 | Any change that matters to end-users should have an entry in etc/NEWS. |