[bt-devel] handling bug reports

[Gary Holmlund]

Martin Gruner wrote:
> Hello developers,
>
> as you know, we do have a bug tracker on sourceforge.
> The only times in the past where we were able to significantly bring down the 
> bug count were the two Bug-A-Thons which we had.
>
> Now I'd like to propose a change: Each developer is responsible to regularly 
> check his list of assigned bugs, and if he does have bugs assigned, to work on 
> them aiming to fix the bugs mentioned and close the bug reports. This is part 
> of the normal, ongoing development.
> If for some reason a developer does not have the time or skills to work on a 
> bug report, they should "give it back" by removing the assignment to them, so 
> that we know somebody else should do it instead.
>
> Would you agree with this change and be willing to contribute your time here? 
> If so, I'd like to put it in the wiki. I already went through the bugs briefly 
> and made some assignments.
>
> I think this makes sense, because we can have a feature-a-thon in future and 
> do not have to work on bringing the bug count down each meeting that we have.
>
> Should anybody need more permissions to handle bugs correctly at sourceforge 
> or otherwise, let me know.
>
> Regards, mg
>   
Yes, I agree with the idea of regularly checking/fixing bugs from our 
own list. Sorry for not replying earlier.

Gary