* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021017 00:51]: > > In particular, I note that you seem to be grinding your axe about the > > issue from Bug#97671. > > No, you do me a disservice. That was not Debian's first severity war > and it probably won't be the last. >
For new Developers the text might provide useful in their first ploddings around the BTS when they come across a paticularly nasty bug that is either hampering their package work and/or their work at a job. Some people initially think that the severities are really a great tool to gain priority if their defect matches (however vaguely) a list of standards. I would suggest that the documentation definately allows a reporter to set a severity as an initial suggestion, but leaves it after that point up to the developer. Obviously, RC-ness of any bug regardless of severity should be left up to the Release Manager. I'm saying this after being in at least one stupid flip-flop where I really didn't feel good about my actions after I really realised what the deal was. > I would not presume to trump the authority of the BTS admins, to the > extent that they choose to exercise it. However, they probably wouldn't > like to make decisions in a vacuum, so I have offered my perspectives on I also agree. I would think the BTS admins would like this to be agreed upon in a social sense of etiquette rather than from upon high. -- Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> KC0OBS http://www.ringworld.org/ "Many voters assume that their political leaders are hard at work on these issues. They are not." _Editorial: Time to choose / Who will deliver on transportation?_ http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/3367890.html