[wtp-pmc] Proposal - WTP mass update for old bugs

[Neil Hauge <neil.hauge@xxxxxxxxxx>]

PMC,

Here is what I am thinking for the "old bugs" plan.  Please send any 
feedback and I will incorporate it.  I'm still not ecstatic about the 
mass update option.  It is open, and does reflect reality, but 
unfortunately it is a unpleasant reality.  I dropped back to the Jan 1st 
2007 date, which incorporates almost 600 bugs.  July 1st 2007 seemed too 
recent for any mass update actions.

Project Leads,

In an effort to focus our development work around the most important 
bugs and enhancements, the PMC is recommending that sub-projects triage 
or (if triage is not going to be an option) mass update bugs that are 
untargeted and have not been updated since Jan 1st, 2007.   The query 
below identifies these bugs by component.  If you are going to mass 
update the bugs in your list, please set the status to WONTFIX and use 
the comment below as a template (which encourages reporters to re-open 
the bug if it is still a valid and current issue).  If you are going to 
manually triage the "old" list, please add the "helpwanted" keyword to 
all valid bugs that will remain untargeted . This will remove them from 
the below query.  Other options include setting a release target or one 
of "Future" to indicate that you plan on fixing the bug, but probably 
not in the next release. 

"Old bugs" query:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/report.cgi?x_axis_field=version&y_axis_field=component&z_axis_field=&query_format=report-table&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=WebTools&target_milestone=---&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=nowords&keywords=helpwanted&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_severity=blocker&bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=trivial&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=2000-01-01&chfieldto=2007-01-01&chfieldvalue=&format=table&action=wrap&field0-0-0=creation_ts&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=

Mass Update Comment:
This is a mass update to close out old bugs in an effort to help focus 
our development around the most important bugs and enhancements, and to 
be open in our planning.  This bug has been set to WONTFIX due to the 
length of time it has been open without updates.  Please reopen this bug 
if it is still an issue for you in a current release.  Thanks for your 
help with this bug review effort.


Neil