Bug statuses

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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:

  • 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


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