On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:24:23 -0400 Tristan Van Berkom <tristan van berkom gmail com> wrote: > Guys, > Im sorry I missed the memo if there was one, I woke up this > morning to a full page of bugmail, deleting valid bugs from the > buglist and throwing them into a NEEDINFO state. > > Javier pointed me to a blog post[0] which describes a new policy > to mark bugs as NEEDINFO after one year. I'm raising the flag here > on d-d-l because it concerns us all and I think every maintainer > needs to know this policy is currently in effect. > > I know the guys mean well, and I cannot express my gratitude > enough for the efficiency that the bugsquad has for closing > some crash bugs that really do need info. > > Suffice it to say; I really need to know this policy is going to stop, > or at least not effect Glade bugs. > All, We had a chat a few ago on #bugs, and we agree this was rather too inclusive: as Tristan points out, and others commented, a confirmed (i.e., status NEW) bug is no longer under the care of the bugsquad. We have just revised the policy to refer exclusively to: * UNCONFIRMED bugs with *no* action in the last year We appreciate the feedback, and we would like to keep on having more ;-). We invite any interested party to either email us at the gnome-bugsquad or to drop by #bugs, voicing their concerns and suggestions. Regards,
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