[TYPO3-dev] Bugtracker - What is it good for?

[Ingo Renner]

ries van Twisk wrote:

Hi Ries,

> It might not be a bad idea to close all open bugs in bugtrack older then 
> 1 year,
> specially when there was a patch attached. There is a good change that 
> the patch will not work anymore anyways.

I disagree, bugs should only be closed if

* they can't be reproduced or
* if they've been resolved

What's the sense in closing a bug if it's still present? Of course it 
sometimes/often takes a while until bugs get processed but when having a 
look at the chart under [1] I clearly see a positive trend that could 
even turn around the graph for open bugs...

Opening the core list was one of the best decissions we made over the 
last years. Development accelerated at an incredible rate, we get 
introduced to more and more active people who are fixing bugs. And from 
time to time these contributors also get promoted to core developer 
status as has been the case with Steffen and François lately. This again 
speeds up development and improves the chance of getting even old bugs 
fixed.

And then, even if you aren't intrested in the solution to a bug anymore, 
others might, which is why we do not close unresolved bugs.


[1] http://bugs.typo3.org/summary_jpgraph_page.php


all the best
Ingo


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Ingo Renner
TYPO3 Core Developer, Release Manager TYPO3 4.2