XorgTriage.mdwn


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Basic rules about triaging bugs for X.org: 

* [[Bugs that are NEW and assigned to `xorg-team`|http://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&bug_status=NEW&email1=xorg-team%40lists.x.org]] are awaiting triage. 
* [[ASSIGNED with owner set to `xorg-team`|http://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&bug_status=ASSIGNED&email1=xorg-team%40lists.x.org]] means that the bug is valid but not assigned to a specific developer yet 
* ASSIGNED with owner changed to specific developer means that it's in that developer's queue 
* Don't go closing bugs if they're assigned to someone else (including assigned to the team) 
* Discuss a WONTFIX, NOTABUG, or NOTOURBUG with the developers first before closing any bug with these resolutions. 
* General rules for the severity field: 
      * Blocker: server crashes, security problems, build problems with the default build, release issues. 
      * Critical: rendering errors, client-side crashes, (most) regressions. 
* Use keywords intelligently: 
      * [[`want-backtrace`|http://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=want-backtrace&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=xorg]] on bugs that need a useful backtrace before they can be debugged 
      * change `want-backtrace` to [[`have-backtrace`|http://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=have-backtrace&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=xorg]] once you have one 
      * [[`regression`|http://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=want-backtrace&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=xorg]] for functionality regressions relative to previous releases 
      * [[`janitor`|http://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=janitor&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=xorg]] for cleanup or style tasks a la [[kernel janitors|http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/]]