I've updated the Bug Reporting FAQ [1] with some of this content.
Wayne
[1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ#What_is_the_difference_between_Severity_and_Priority.3F
On 11/10/2012 12:37 PM, David M Williams wrote:
By convention, the severity is typically
left up to the originator, while the priority is left up to the
committer/project
to decide.
Typically, if a committer thinks the
severity is not correctly set, they will explain what the
"meaning"
of the different levels are, suggest another, and see if the
originator
agrees.
In some cases, if it is "obvious",
the committer will simply change the severity level, explaining
why they
did.
The "meanings" used to be
more documented in bugzilla itself, but think a few releases ago
they decided
to say less about it, see
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/page.cgi?id=fields.html#bug_severity
but most projects us the previously
defined basic definitions, where (as I recall)
"blocker" means just that,
the bug prevents use or testing of the build (for which there is
no work-around)
"critical" implies "loss
of data" or frequent crashes
"major" implies "loss
of function"
"normal" ... default value,
typically the correct setting unless one of the other levels fit.
"minor" means something's
wrong, but does effect function significantly.
"trivial" means something's
wrong, but doesn't effect function (such as spelling errors in
doc, etc.).
But overall, it is up to each project
do decide how they triage/handle bugs so some variability from
project
to project will occur.
--
Wayne Beaton
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Twitter: @waynebeaton
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