From bff93a49a8f7d82aa5fed643e5bbd1d1c830680f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Darrington Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:14:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added a "meta" file, explaining administrative procedures for bug handling --- Bug-administration | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Bug-administration diff --git a/Bug-administration b/Bug-administration new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d6a5348472 --- /dev/null +++ b/Bug-administration @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Bugs and feature requests in PSPP are handled by the bug database +at http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?group=pspp + +We use the following conventions for classiying / ranking bugs: + +Relase: +* Bugs which we think must be fixed before a release get their "Release" field set accordingly. +* Bugs which need not be fixed before any particular release, get their "Release" field set to "Future". +* Bugs where we have not get decided are left at "None". + +Severity: +* Feature requests have their "Severity" field set to "Wishlist". +* Bugs which cause a crash or other unwanted effects when incorrect input is given are "Average". +* Bugs which cause a crash when correct input is given are "Major" +* Bugs which render the software unusable are "Blocker" + +Obviously some cases are unclear and judgement has be be used. -- 2.30.2