Re: bug day! (topics needed)

[Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>]

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 21:01 -0400, Luis Villa wrote:
> The 'unconfirmed' queries could be this kind of thing, particularly
> with old versions. Instructions can be fairly simple:
> * read old bug
> * check to see if old bug is:
>  * clear and comprehensible (if not, ask for more detail and/or rephrase)
>  * still applies to newer version (if so, update version, note that it
> is still relevant, otherwise close)
> * if you're comfortable with the search interface, check to see if
> there are duplicates
>
> That's about 50% of bug triage right there, and that's certainly what
> we've tried to get bugday newbies to focus on in the past. Other
> old-timers, am I forgetting something?

* In the right place.

Checking severity/priority are not wildly out of whack is also helpful.

-- 
Andrew