Re: Attempt to Triage Bug 329386

[Lex Hider <lexhider internode on net>]

On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 19:49 -0700, Elijah Newren wrote:
>   I consider the new vs. unconfirmed
> suckiness that currently exists to be a temporary situation.  One that
> has lasted many years, granted, but one that will be killed sooner or
> later.  And then my long diatribe on not confirming bugs will be
> totally obsolete and wrong.  At long last.  :-)
> 

If that is the case, I find it surprising that you would discourage new
bugsquad members from confirming bugs.

> > I think the idea of developers having only to look at confirmed bugs is
> > definitely attractive, and could perhaps become a goal of the bugsquad.
> > I do realize that this would be a goal and not something that could
> > actually be acheived overnight.
> >
> > It is also reliant on the bugsquad being knowledgeable enough to
> > distinguish between "real" bugs where the bugs are highly technical.
> 
> It also depends on the ability to have developers not be emailed for
> unconfirmed bugs, an ability we don't yet have.  I think that's the
> biggest obstacle.  I think we have sufficient manpower to push bugs
> from unconfirmed to new in such a case where developers don't see the
> unconfirmed bugs.

I'd like to help if I can.