XorgTriage.mdwn


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Basic rules about triaging bugs for X.org: 

* Bugs that are NEW and assigned to `xorg-team` are awaiting triage. 
* ASSIGNED with owner set to `xorg-team` means that the bug is valid but not assigned to a specific developer yet 
* ASSIGNED with owner changed to specific developer means that it's in that developer's queue 
* Don't go closing bugs if they're assigned to someone else (including assigned to the team) 
* Discuss a WONTFIX, NOTABUG, or NOTOURBUG with the developers first before closing any bug with these resolutions. 
* General rules for the severity field: 
      * Blocker: server crashes, security problems, build problems with the default build, release issues. 
      * Critical: rendering errors, client-side crashes, (most) regressions. 
* Use keywords intelligently: 
      * `want-backtrace` on bugs that need a useful backtrace before they can be debugged 
      * change `want-backtrace` to `have-backtrace` once you have one 
      * `regression` for functionality regressions relative to previous releases 
      * `janitor` for cleanup or style tasks a la [[kernel janitors|http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/]]