Wishlist items are already excluded for all projects. On Thu, 19 Jan 2023, 7:39 pm David Jarvie, <djar...@kde.org> wrote:
> I don't think that wishlist items should be treated in the same way as > actual bugs. Even if the original reporter is no longer interested in a > wishlist report or is no longer contactable, the feature asked for may > still be valid. > > For KAlarm at least, please exclude wishlist reports from gardening > processes. > > On 19 January 2023 06:17:23 GMT, AnnoyingRains <annoyingra...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Also, note that we can provide exceptions when doing this, like we have >> done with Krita, (excluded from both MR and bug report cleanup). If you >> would like your project to be excluded, just let us know! >> >> Thanks >> - Kye Potter, KDE Gardening >> >> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 5:07 pm, Laurent Montel <mon...@kde.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> For pim* it’s ok for me. >>> We have a very old bug, but pim* changed a lot. >>> Or some apps are dead (blogilo etc.) >>> A lot of bug report are duplicated or obsolete. >>> >>> Thanks for doing it. >>> Regards >>> >>> Le jeudi 19 janvier 2023, 04:04:45 CET Justin a écrit : >>> > Hi Nicolas, >>> > >>> > This has been discussed with Nate Graham directly who has approved this >>> > cleanup of Bugzilla including the messaging behind it. >>> > >>> > I am happy to discuss any concerns that people have around this. I >>> > understand Krita requested we exclude them from any gardening and that >>> > has been done, however this is the only feedback I have received. >>> > >>> > The gardening team aims to find out if the bug reports are still >>> > relevant by involving the users who reported them in determining if >>> they >>> > are still valid. This increases community involvement and helps KDE as >>> > there isn't anywhere near enough manpower to review the thousands upon >>> > thousands of bugs that haven't been touched in years. >>> > >>> > The bugs that we are interacting with are ones that have not had any >>> > activity for over 2 years. We are simply trying to reinvigorate >>> > discussion on those bugs to see if they are still valid. If the user >>> > does not reply within the standard 30 day period after a bug is set to >>> > NEEDSINFO, it is automatically closed by the Bug Janitor. >>> > >>> > I am not simply closing bugs, so I do take offense that care is not >>> applied. >>> > >>> > I will halt it until it is approved by more developers. However if it >>> is >>> > decided that it isn't wanted then the KDE as a whole will need to >>> entice >>> > more people in sorting old bugs individually as it is clearly not a >>> > priority right now for the majority. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > >>> > Justin >>> > >>> > On 19/1/23 11:05, Nicolas Fella wrote: >>> > > Hi, >>> > > >>> > > can we please put the effort of "gardening" old bugreports on hold >>> until >>> > > we figured out whether this is actually something we want to do? >>> Several >>> > > people already expressed concerns about this. >>> > > >>> > > Improperly applied such mass changes can do more harm than good. We >>> may >>> > > close bugreports that are actually still useful just because nobody >>> > > replied on then in a relatively short timeframe. >>> > > >>> > > Properly cleaning up old bugreports is important. However, it >>> requires >>> > > some level of care and expertise to judge whether a bugreport is >>> still >>> > > useful. Judging by the volume of bugreports that is pinged with the >>> same >>> > > copy&paste message this care is not applied here. >>> > > >>> > > At minimum such initiatives should be announced and discussed before >>> > > doing them, to allow people to give their input on the proposal. I am >>> > > not aware of any such announcement/discussion. >>> > > >>> > > Cheers >>> > > >>> > > Nicolas >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Laurent Montel | laurent.mon...@kdab.com | KDE/Qt Senior Software >>> Engineer >>> KDAB (France) S.A.S., a KDAB Group company >>> Tel: France +33 (0)4 90 84 08 53, http://www.kdab.fr >>> KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts >>> >>> >>> -- > David Jarvie > KAlarm author, KDE developer >