[Iverilog-devel] Bug/Feature request ownership guidelines

[Cary R. <cy...@ya...>]

I believe we all agree that the "Assigned To" field should be used to
indicate ownership of a particular report. Here is some elaboration on
what I think this should signify and how other should interact with a
claimed report.

1. The "Assigned To" person is responsible for submitting the patch and
updated test code if the original is inadequate or missing.

2. A claimed patch should be something you plan to actively work on within
the next week. If for some reason your plans change you should change the
"Assigned To:" field back to None or at least add a comment stating that
you are being delayed for a SPECIFIED amount of time.

3. If you want to help out on a claimed patch you should contact the
person who claimed the patch originally. This allows both parties to know
where the other is in tracking down and fixing the problem. I believe this
communication should not be over the iverilog-devel list.

4. Ownership can be given to a different person, but it should normally
only be taken if a reasonable effort (email AND a post to the report)
fails to generate a reply in one week. Obviously for bugs that are or
become critical some flexibility is required.

Comments? 

Cary


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