Bug statuses
Bug statuses are a reflection of the current state of a bug report.
The status of a bug report can be modified by clicking on the current status in the yellow line, which will reveal a sub menu. You can then set 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 subscribe yourself to the bug report so you will get any updates to the bug via e-mail.
Include(Bugs/Responses, , from="^== Incomplete bugs without a response from submitter ==", to="==")
Invalid:
- This status should be used when the bug report does not contain adequate information to determine whether or not it is a bug even if it is resolved for the reporter
- It should be used conservatively as bugs marked as closed bugs no longer show up in default searches
- Be sure to triple-check a bug before you invalidate 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 [UbuntuBugControl] 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 a bug against an upstream project: the fix is in CVS/SVN/bzr or committed to some place
- For an Ubuntu package: 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 bugs against 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
Won't Fix:
- This status is sometimes used when the bug fix is too controversial
- It is most often used for bugs with a release target that will not be fixed in that particular release but may be fixed later
- It may also be used for feature requests that the developers do not want to implement