[Typo3-bugs] Some ideas for bug fixing guidelines

[Michael Scharkow]

Hi, as announced, here are some ideas for bugfixing rules, so that we 
get the pile reduced more easily:

1. Make better use of the status field. Many bugs are still marked as 
new although they are old. As soon as someone has looked at the bug and 
not immediately closed it, it should be feedback/acknowledged.

2. In this vein: Bugs should not be assigned unless they are to be 
closed in a reasonable time frame, maybe 2 weeks. The point is that I 
would not mess with other peoples bugs but there are dozens of bugs that 
are assigned and not fixed for months. I do not want to reproach the 
devs for not fixing stuff, but rather: If you are unable to fix the 
thing real soon, please downgrade the status so we can look for other 
people to do it.
So dear devs, please look at 'your' bugs and release them if you are 
unable/unwilling to fix them.

3. Real discussions are better held here because mail is nicer than web 
stuff, for me at least. Long lists of bug notes are annoying.

4. A question: Should diffs be made against the current stable version 
of TYPO3 or CVS? I prefer the stable version.

That's it for now, please add stuff here, so we have a bug policy real soon.

Greetings,
Michael