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| author | Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com> | 2016-01-01 15:07:53 -0500 |
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| committer | Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com> | 2016-01-01 15:07:53 -0500 |
| commit | 222796697a6d1cae1d965df80fc42613f5fb1f89 (patch) | |
| tree | 280902cf86bbbf61224db6dee31e9f56e984aadb /CONTRIBUTE | |
| parent | ee0117c4a859f7d8c37661c60aa4736add4dd53f (diff) | |
| download | emacs-222796697a6d1cae1d965df80fc42613f5fb1f89.tar.gz | |
Add notes on bug triage procedure
* CONTRIBUTE: In section on the issue tracker, point to new triage file.
* admin/notes/triage: New file explaining triage procedure.
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index b385d68c985..0c0ef207ff3 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ the tracker with the corresponding bugs/issues. GNU ELPA has a 'debbugs' package that allows accessing the tracker database from Emacs. +Bugs needs regular attention. A large backlog of bugs is +disheartening to the developers, and a culture of ignoring bugs is +harmful to users, who expect software that works. Bugs have to be +regularly looked at and acted upon. Not all bugs are critical, but at +the least, each bug needs to be regularly re-reviewed to make sure it +is still reproducible. + +The process of going through old or new bugs and acting on them is +called bug triage. This process is described in the file +admin/notes/triage. + ** Document your changes. Any change that matters to end-users should have an entry in etc/NEWS. |