I think we filled in our own definitions to help things along .. let me check
Jira.
Blocker-prevents development, Critical-prevents release, Major-prevents
function, Minor-requires workaround, Trivial-cosmetic problem
So we refer to blocker as something that prevents the developers working on the
project.
I am happy with these definitions; we may need to reclassify some of the
existing issues.
--
Jody Garnett
On Wednesday, 9 May 2012 at 5:52 PM, Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi,
> recently I've started to see a trend of more jira issues being marked as
> "blockers".
>
> Blocker is, or should be, "end of the world, attend to immediately" type of
> issue, e.g., a build breakage
> on the official build server, something that blocks every developer, but I
> see it used
> as "it's a blocker _for me_" instead, which I believe is misuse.
>
> I know Jira has a definition here:
> http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ShowConstantsHelp.jspa?decorator=popup#PriorityLevels
>
> and this thread is also interesting:
> http://lists.opencastproject.org/pipermail/matterhorn/2009-August/002038.html
>
> Imho before setting an issue to "blocker" level you should ask youself "is it
> really
> blocking all developers?"
> We're all extremely busy, marking a issue at such a high level looks like a
> tentative
> to get undeserved attention for an issue that is not actually affecting
> everybody.
>
> Of course we can discuss this and come up with a meaning other than the usual
> one
> if people feel strongly about it.
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
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