Re: [mantisbt-dev] Tagging on Official Bug Tracker

[Victor B. <vb...@gm...>]

> > The official bug tracker is now updated with the latest code, which
> > includes the new tagging feature by jreese.  I thought I would startup
> > a discussion here relating to how we see tagging being used.  In other
> > words, brainstorm to provide some guidance to our users with regards
> > to the usage of categories and tags.  I can see users being a bit
> > confused with entities like projects, sub-projects, categories, tags,
> > and statuses.
> >
> > I'm interested to get your thoughts on this.  The result of this
> > discussion will probably end up on the wiki / blog.
>
> I think users should continue to try picking the category most
> relevant to the bug they are reporting. Then, tags can be added to:
>
> 1. indicate one or more additional category. This is useful because
> bugs could be not clearly assignable to only one category and/or a
> proper category could be missing.
>
> 2. indicate the presence of a patch (useful until we have something
> better in place)
>

So far we have the following tags:

- patch: contains patch
- soap api: related to SOAP API.
- refactoring: code cleanup and refactoring

I can see a need for ones like:

- needsrepro: Need detailed "Steps to Reproduce".
- needspatch: Acknowledge/confirmed but needs code contribution to implement.

Ideas are welcome for other ones or better names for the ones suggested above.

Regards,
Victor