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On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 12:35 +0200, Adrian Brock wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 12:31 -0500, Dimitris Andreadis wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I don't think it is bad to have unscheduled reports, as long as there is</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> periodic review to schedule tasks. It is equally bad to use the next</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> release as a dumping ground and move around deferred tasks from release</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> to release.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I totally agree proper/periodic review is needed to categorize the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> importance of tasks. There was a proposal by Andrig to do this monthly</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> but we didn't follow up properly.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The correct time to check all bugs have been diagnosed</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">is on releases. They are either dealt with or deferred.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">There should be no unscheduled bugs. There should be a plan</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to fix it.</FONT>
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The idea behind this is to keep releases from filling with everything, and them not getting reviewed. When things are directly assigned to releases, everyone just assumes it should be done, and there is no review. By having them initially unscheduled, and instituting a mandatory review, we can intelligently assign them to the proper release with the proper priority. They shouldn't remain in unscheduled for any length of time.<BR>
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Before we did this, releases just grow in scope unchecked, and we cannot continue to do that.<BR>
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Andrig (Andy) Miller<BR>
VP, Engineering<BR>
JBoss, a division of Red Hat
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