Talk:Bugzilla/Fields

We need to add Microsoft Server 2008 to the list of OS on Bugzilla --Lisa Ridley (talk) 17:39, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Priority
I think priority is worth some thinking. Currently, it's mostly a useless field because almost nobody follows it to set their priorities; still, it makes people quarrel. --Nemo 22:05, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * «If this is the priority level on a bug, then the bugwrangler is either not concerned with it (e.g. Semantic Wiki items are tracked in Bugzilla, but the bugwrangler does not set priority on those items) or hasn't seen it.»
 * Perhaps it would be useful to clarify when the bugwrangler is not concerned with them. It's probably not needed/not really constructive to set priorities from outside the team when the bug's component has an active maintaining team with a product manager etc.? For instance ArticleFeedback, Translate.
 * In general: the current definitions are not realistic. Previously, their only effect on reality was that the bugmeister used them to ping people regularly (the higher the priority, the more frequently); and older bugs got their priority lowered semi-automatically (to avoid wasting pings?). I don't know how useful the pinging was, but surely setting priorities semi-blindly makes us lose information (it's something you can just query) compared to actual priority considerations (which summarize the bug discussion etc.).

Version
«The latest version of MediaWiki, that the bug is known to affect» Latest, really? This would mean to change the Version field in thousands of bugs; in practice, it's usually the earliest known affected version, or unspecified if it's unknown/all of them. Bugs are assumed to be still current until someone closes them when trying to reproduce them; and if it's unclear, usually I see people commenting "still reproducible" etc. (to also poke cc'ed users). --Nemo 23:28, 9 November 2012 (UTC)