create a "TOTRIAGE" tag/status for bug repports

[Brad Bollenbach]

On 27-Mar-06, at 8:19 AM, Lionel Dricot wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just tought about a TOTRIAGE status for bug repports.
> It would works like that :
>
> - When you repport a bug, it would be defaulted to "TOTRIAGE" status.
> - If the initial reporter has more than $TRESHOLD of karma, he would
> be able to set the status to anything else immediatly. So, not really
> a waste of time for him.
>
> Why ?
>
> Bug triagers would be allowed to only display "TOTRIAGE" bugs. They
> don't even have to confirm them anymore. They can quickly see if the
> bug would be useful for a developper, have enough information and is
> reported against the good pakage. It would also be easy for bug
> triagers to quickly see were the work must be done. ATM, half the
> unconfirmed bugs are well discussed by developpers and doesn't need
> triaging at all. They are just discussing if it is a bug or not,
> etc...

We currently have seven statuses and that will soon become eight.  
Adding a ninth for something that can already be expressed in Malone  
("Unconfirmed" is a synonym for "Needs Triage", edge cases  
notwithstanding) would, IMHO, be feeping creaturism, and cause more  
confusion than relief.

If you can rally support for your idea though, and collect data to  
demonstrate that lots of other users and developers find this to be  
an issue and write that up in a spec, it could be worth coming back  
to this in the future.

Cheers,

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Brad Bollenbach