Bug statuses
Bug statuses are a reflection of the current state of a bug report. The state is a way to reflect the current progress of the bug report.
The status of a bug report can be modified by clicking on the package name, under the "Affects" column header and in the yellow line, which will reveal a sub menu. You can then choose a new status in the drop down box.
Below is a list of bug statuses, their meaning and when to use them:
New:
- Bugs are submitted with this status,
They sometimes lack information and
- All of them should be untriaged
Incomplete:
If you have to ask the reporter questions, set the bug to Incomplete
- Ask the submitter to provide any necessary information in a comment, and make sure you assign the bug to yourself so you will get the response.
Include(Bugs/Responses, , from="^== Incomplete bugs without a response from submitter ==", to="==")
Invalid:
Bugs marked as Invalid are closed and no longer show up in default searches
- Be sure to triple-check a bug before you reject it
Confirmed:
- Someone believes that that the report describes a genuine bug in enough detail that a developer could start working on a fix
Confirmed bugs require confirmation from someone other than the original reporter
- This helps ensure that the bug is applicable to Ubuntu in general, and not a problem with the reporter's system, therefore...
- Please don't confirm your own bugs!
Triaged:
- A member of Ubuntu QA believes that the report describes a genuine bug in enough detail that a developer could start working on a fix
Use this when you are confident that it should be looked at by a developer and has enough information
In Progress:
If you are working on fixing a bug, set it to In Progress so people know what's going on
In Progress bugs should be assigned to the person working on them
Fix Committed:
- For upstream projects, the fix is in CVS/SVN/bzr or commited to some place
- For package maintainers, the changes are pending and to be uploaded soon (it's what PENDINGUPLOAD was in Bugzilla)
Fix Committed is also used when an updated package exists in a -proposed repository i.e. feisty-proposed
Fix Committed is not to be used when a patch is attached to a bug
Fix Released:
- For upstream projects, a release tarball was announced and is publicly available
- For package maintainers, a fix was uploaded to an official Ubuntu repository
This does not include -proposed i.e. feisty-proposed
- Please don't hesitate to add a changelog as a comment, so people know what to look out for