RE: Bug tracking system now officially on line

Brian E.W. Wood (beww@intac.com)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 14:20:59 -0500 (EST)


On 30-Nov-98 Robert Sievers wrote:
> I am happy to announce AbiWord now has bug tracking available.
>
> Thanks to the good folks at Mozilla, the snowball keeps getting bigger. I
> was able to take Bugzilla, and rework it a bit to better suit our needs.
> To report a bug, or see the list of current bugs, go to
> http://www.abisource.com/bugzilla. The fields are slightly different, so
> here is a brief synopsis.
>
> Submitted - Somebody (like you) reported it.
> Open - Checked in-house for broadness of scope, accuracy, and uniqueness.
> QA to verify - Somebody claims it's fixed, or doesn't need to be fixed.
> This still needs independent confirmation.
> Closed - AbiSource QA has indeed confirmed the fix is valid, or the reason
> for not dong the fix is valid.
>
> The bottom line is that most of the people reading this note will only
> submit bugs, though hopefully at some point some of you will take a crack
> at moving bugs from Status Open -> Status QA TO VERIFY.
>
> My implementation may still be a bit rough around the edges, and I don't
> have the email parts working yet, so please be patient. If you find a
> problem, let me know.

Great Idea, but one suggestion. "Platform" should be the hardware, not an OS.
The particular machine architecture is certainly important. The "OS" section
takes care of windows, linux etc.

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Brian E.W. Wood  beww@intac.com


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