> As part of a re-launch of the bug triage project [1,2], I believe that > it would be beneficial to mass close the bugs that are for releases > that are no longer maintained. Please find my proposal for this > below. Sorry for cross-posting, but it's relevant across multiple > communities within Fedora. > > I will be at FUDCon in order to discuss the very topic of the > re-launch of the triage project. > > [1] > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-January/msg00009.html > [2] > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-January/msg00000.html > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jon Stanley <jonstanley@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Jan 4, 2008 1:45 PM > Subject: closing out old bugs of unmaintained releases > To: fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx > > > I can put some time this weekend into closing out old bugs, however, > before doing so, I wanted to make sure that our messaging is crystal > clear. What I had been doing for kernel bugs is placing them in > NEEDINFO_REPORTER and asking if the problem still existed, etc after > manually reviewing the bugs (some I changed to a current release > because it was mentioned in comments, but not in the version > metadata). However, this won't scale - there's no way that I or > anybody else can reasonably review 3600 bugs for ones that are > incorrectly tagged. This leaves us with ~9000 bugs (F7, F8, and > rawhide) to deal with (still a monumental task). I propose doing > something similar with rawhide bugs that haven't been touched in ~6 > months, not sure of the number of those, haven't looked yet. Here's > the proposed comment to WONTFIX these. I want to get the most input > possible before doing this: > > <begin> > Hello, > > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. Unfortunately, this > version of Fedora has reach end-of-life and is no longer maintained. > Please refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle for an > explanation of the Fedora lifecycle policy. > > We therefore regret the necessity of closing this bug report WONTFIX. > Please upgrade to a currently maintained release of Fedora, currently > either Fedora 7 or Fedora 8, and attempt to reproduce this bug. If > the bug still exists, feel free to re-open this bug report, changing > the version accordingly, or file a new bug report (you can use the > 'Clone as Bug' link at the top of this bug report in order to preserve > the content of this bug in the new one). > > We regret any inconvenience that this may cause you, and thank you for > your continued support of Fedora! > <end> > > I propose starting with FC6, since that recently reached EOL and > people would be understanding about it (hopefully). > Comments/thoughts/suggestions/flames welcome. > +400 > > -- > Jon Stanley > Fedora Ambassador > jstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > -- novus ordo absurdum -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
