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

[Stephen W. <st...@ic...>]

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This looks good. I should add that the assignee should arrange
to monitor the PR if not already. If anybody wants to claim a
bug report but is not in the drop-down list, that person can be
added as a developer to the iverilog project on sourceforge.


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 think that conversations in the comments of the PR should certainly
be avoided, but I wouldn't necessarily keep it off the iverilog-devel
list. Conversations like "What is your schedule?" or "Can I help?"
can be kept point-to-point, but technical discussions amongst those
who choose to collaborate (or critique) on a PR fix make good sense
for the iverilog-devel list. Preserving the lore may prove useful
in unanticipated ways.

> 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.



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