labels seems reasonable, assuming that Codehaus deploys them.

Given the positive response to this idea, I plan to send the email
tomorrow some time and start on MNG.



On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Daniel Kulp <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:13:11 PM Dennis Lundberg wrote:
>> On 2011-06-19 18:46, Kristian Rosenvold wrote:
>> > Is there any smart way to tag a bug as processed in a triaging process
>> > so we can focus on the remaining bugs?
>> >
>> > I've always wondered if there's any option to tag an issue or create
>> > shared custom lists...?
>>
>> We should be able to use "Labels" for this:
>> http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA043/Labelling+an+Issue
>>
>> I haven't used them myself yet, but they seem to fit the bill.
>
> For CXF, we have a special "NeedMoreInfo" version that we use for this.   We
> set the "FixFor" version to that when we've added a comment that requires more
> information from the user.   We can easily get a list of all the issues that
> require more information, when we asked for it, etc.....
>
> Probably an abuse of the version field though.   :-)
>
> Dan
>
>
>>
>> > K
>> >
>> > Den 19. juni 2011 kl. 18:42 skrev John Casey <[email protected]>:
>> >> +1
>> >>
>> >> Great idea!
>> >>
>> >> On 6/18/11 10:22 PM, Benson Margulies wrote:
>> >>> If no one objects to this idea, I'd like to add a component, which
>> >>> is
>> >>> an email like the following to the user list.
>> >>>
>> >>> --snip--
>> >>>
>> >>> Dear Maven Users,
>> >>>
>> >>> Over the years, the JIRA for core Maven
>> >>> (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG) has accumulated many
>> >>> unresolved
>> >>> issues. All this clutter makes it difficult to tell where the real
>> >>> problems are. Further, many of these issues do not contain
>> >>> self-contained test cases. Practically speaking, it is very
>> >>> difficult
>> >>> to diagnose and resolve a problem without a test case 'on the
>> >>> bench.'
>> >>> We developers would like to turn over a bit of a new leaf. We're
>> >>> going
>> >>> to ask you to supply a test case to go with your bug reports. In
>> >>> return, we're going to try very hard to attend to them. You can tar
>> >>> it
>> >>> up and attach it to the jira, or just push it to github and add a
>> >>> link.
>> >>>
>> >>> To clean up the current mess, we plan to start going through the
>> >>> backlog. We'll add comments asking for test cases or other followup.
>> >>> If we don't hear back in two weeks, we're going to close.
>> >>>
>> >>> We're sorry for any frustration felt by the originators of
>> >>> long-neglected reports, but we believe that this process will help
>> >>> us
>> >>> be more responsive in the future.
>> >>>
>> >>> --snip--
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Stephen Connolly
>> >>>
>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>> they can always reopen if they want after the issue has been
>> >>>> closed if the 2nd weeks was too short
>> >>>>
>> >>>> - Stephen
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ---
>> >>>> Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random
>> >>>> nonsense words and other nonsense are a direct result of using
>> >>>> swype to type on the screen
>> >>>> On 19 Jun 2011 00:20, "Stephen
>> >>>> Connolly"<[email protected]>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>> +50
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I say lets give each issue a ping, wait 2 weeks and close if no
>> >>>>> response
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - Stephen
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ---
>> >>>>> Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random
>> >>>>> nonsense words and other nonsense are a direct result of using
>> >>>>> swype to type on the screen
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 18 Jun 2011 23:30, "Benson Margulies"<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> >>>>>> I just looked at the 'blocker' issues. We have a variety of
>> >>>>>> very old
>> >>>>>> JIRAs here. None of the ones I looked at have a self-contained
>> >>>>>> test
>> >>>>>> case that would can be downloaded, run, and converted to an
>> >>>>>> integration test, etc.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> What's the policy? My temptation would be to comment on them
>> >>>>>> asking if the OP is still interested (in some cases, 5 years
>> >>>>>> later), and, if so, can they come up with a repeatable test
>> >>>>>> case, and if not close as not a real bug.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I don't mind in some cases doing work to build a test case,
>> >>>>>> but to go to all this trouble for a bug that was opened about
>> >>>>>> maven 2.0.x, where it may not be that easy to reconstruct the
>> >>>>>> critical components of the problem, seems a dubious use of
>> >>>>>> time.
>> >>>>>>
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