Re: [Iverilog-devel] Bug/Feature request ownership guidelines

[Larry D. <ldo...@re...>]

Cary -

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 03:06:30PM -0800, Cary R. wrote:
> 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.

I suppose you mean to suggest private email, not use of the SF bug
tracker comments?

> 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? 

Those are all very reasonable guidelines.

   - Larry