Suggested bug categories


Subject: Suggested bug categories
From: Jesper Skov (jskov@cambridge.redhat.com)
Date: Sat Mar 10 2001 - 05:25:45 CST


Here's a bunch of new category names. Probably want to add more if
people can think of others.

Change existing bugs to correct categories by dumping them all in
Other/Unknown category and assign them in triaging - should ensure we
give all bugs a look again and flush out old/stale ones.

Jesper

Backend - Layout Layout/rendering problems

Backend - PT Document content/editing problems (Piece Tables)

Copy/Paste Problems with copy/pasting (in AbiWord and
                      to/from other applications)

Dev - Build Developer: Build process

Dev - Performance Performance issues - use to hold profiling info,
                      reasoning for changes, etc. so these can be
                      referred to in the code.

Dev - Style Developer: Style issues (algorithmic and source)

Dev - TODO Developer: Projects that are not bugs per se

Doc - Content Problems with documentation, revision
                      suggestions, additional text, etc.

Doc - Help System Problems with help system (the mechanism).

Editing Anything having to do with actually editing the
                      document

Export - HTML Problems exporting HTML
Export - LaTeX Problems exporting LaTeX
Export - RTF Problems exporting RTF
Export - Word Problems exporting Word

Feature Request Feature requests

Fields Problems with fields

Find/Replace Problems with find/replace feature

Front End - All Problems affecting all front ends
Front End - Be Problems affecting only Be
Front End - Mac Problems affecting only Mac
Front End - QNX Problems affecting only QNX
Front End - Windows Problems affecting only Windows
Front End - X11 Problems affecting only X11

Header/Footer Problems with headers/footers

I18N Internationalization (string translations)

Import - HTML Problems importing HTML
Import - LaTeX Problems importing LaTeX
Import - RTF Problems importing RTF
Import - Word Problems importing Word

Installer The installer - a sh script on *ixes, a fun
                      binary on Win32, and a package on lots of
                      systems

L10N Localization (date style, punctuation, etc)

Lists Anything having to do with lists

Other/Unknown Doesn't fit in other categories / unknown
                      category.

Preferences Anything having to do with preferences

Printing Anything having to do with printing

Save/Load Problems saving/loading AbiWord documents

Spelling Anything having to do with spelling (interactive
                      and squiggly)



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