Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-cocoon-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 189 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2005 18:23:56 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Oct 2005 18:23:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 58763 invoked by uid 500); 10 Oct 2005 18:23:55 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cocoon-dev-archive@cocoon.apache.org Received: (qmail 58233 invoked by uid 500); 10 Oct 2005 18:23:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@cocoon.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: Reply-To: dev@cocoon.apache.org List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@cocoon.apache.org Received: (qmail 58222 invoked by uid 99); 10 Oct 2005 18:23:53 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:23:53 -0700 Received-SPF: neutral (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [80.68.89.4] (HELO bm.codeconsult.ch) (80.68.89.4) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:23:56 -0700 Received: (qmail 11075 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2005 18:23:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.33?) (212.147.113.31) by bm.codeconsult.ch with SMTP; 10 Oct 2005 18:23:23 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) In-Reply-To: <434A75BE.5080403@gmail.com> References: <434A75BE.5080403@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Bertrand Delacretaz Subject: Re: REQ Fixing really old bugs Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:23:29 +0200 To: dev@cocoon.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Le 10 oct. 05, =E0 16:07, hepabolu a =E9crit : > ...while looking at Bugzilla I noticed some open bugs entered as far=20= > back as 2002. Could someone have a look and do _something_ about it?=20= > It's not a good sign that bugs are open thatlong... I don't think we'll ever get there, my last count says we have 303 open=20= bugzilla issues, and my perception is that we have little collective=20 energy to analyze and prioritize them, we've been chasing this for=20 months now without significant results. How about doing a "bug amnesty" as follows? 1) Set ALL Cocoon2 open issues to WONTFIX state, with a comment like=20 BUG_AMNESTY_2005_10 and a link to a wiki page explaning what's=20 happening. This will send a mail to bug reporters, people in CC etc. to give them=20= a chance to react. 2) In the explanation, ask people who receive these mails to reopen the=20= issue if they think it is still current, if their patch still does make=20= sense, etc. Explain that the goal is to have an up-to-date list of relevant issues. This would allow collaborative cleanup of the list of issues by the=20 people who are interested in them. We might miss a few issues if people=20= don't reply, but they'd be marked with BUG_AMNESTY_2005_10 in the=20 comments if we need them back, so easy to find. Without such a scheme, I'm afraid we'll drag this list forever without=20= being able to separate the wheat from the chaff. WDYT? -Bertrand=