I am now changing the "query" labels back to "question", though under protest. I did already check that the new "info-needed" label is used where it looked appropriate. But I don't see what documentation changes have to be "undone".
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 5:57 AM Jan Piotrowski <piotrow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Chris, it has been another week and I still see `query` issue labels > that should be `question`, and I have to assume some are also still > `info needed` and thus used in a conflicting way to their previous > usage. Documentation changes are also not undone. > > Please finally undo this. > > -J > > Am Mi., 24. Juli 2019 um 08:20 Uhr schrieb Jan Piotrowski > <piotrow...@gmail.com>: > > > > Chris, it has been over a week. What is the state of undoing the label > > and documentation changes? > > > > -J > > > > Am Mi., 17. Juli 2019 um 20:08 Uhr schrieb Jan Piotrowski > > <piotrow...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > By renaming the label, you also renamed it for all existing issues. > > > Now many labels that were just questions of users (both open and > > > closed) indicate that info is needed - which might be true or not. > > > > > > Please undo all renaming of labels, both to `info-needed` and `query`. > > > Please undo the changes to the label documentation as well. > > > > > > On the other hand, we all seem to agree that a new additional > > > `info-needed` is valid and needed, so to create that and document it > > > is totally fine. > > > > > > It takes some additional effort to maintain labels like this (as you > > > of course want to remove it after the user replied), but as I assume > > > one/you would only apply the label when also asking for the > > > information, you should get a GitHub notification and be able to take > > > care of that when reading the response. > > > > > > Regarding the "question" label, I understand what you mean, but don't > > > agree. But that is a topic for a new thread then where we can > > > elaborate. > > > > > > -J > > > > > > > > > Am Mi., 17. Juli 2019 um 18:47 Uhr schrieb Chris Brody > > > <chris.br...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > This work was not done 100% correctly, please accept my apologies. > > > > > > > > I will try to explain why it was not done 100% correctly so we can > > > > decide what we want to do next. > > > > > > > > In general, I have found the standard “question” label to be confusing > > > > since different repos in the wild, including Cordova repos, have used > > > > this label in different ways: > > > > > > > > * on some repos the “question” label was used to indicate that further > > > > input was needed from the author of the issue > > > > * on some other repos the “question” label was used to indicate that > > > > someone was just asking a question > > > > > > > > On those repos where the “question” label was used to indicate that > > > > further input was needed from the user, I took a shortcut and just > > > > changed the label to “info-needed”. I thought this was better than > > > > changing the label on every single issue where more info was needed. > > > > > > > > On some other repos I renamed the “question” label to “query”. I think > > > > we need either rename the label again, or completely remove this label > > > > and change the label on all issues affected. > > > > > > > > Since I have seen the “question” label used in multiple ways, I now > > > > find it confusing. At this point I would favor that we do not use the > > > > “question” label due to the potential for confusion. > > > > > > > > In cases where I renamed the “question” label to “info-needed”, I > > > > would like to propose that we do nothing else since the problem is > > > > already solved. > > > > > > > > Over and out. > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 2:01 AM Hazem Saleh <haz...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I think this is an Excellent idea. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks and Best Regards > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 15, 2019, at 11:07 PM, Chris Brody <chris.br...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > We receive a number of support issues where I think we need an > > > > > > explicit label such as “info needed”, to make it clear that more > > > > > > information is needed before we can provide any support. I think we > > > > > > need to add this label to a number of repos such as apache/cordova, > > > > > > cordova-android, cordova-ios, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any objections if I would add this label to some of the repos on > > > > > > GitHub? > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org
