[Kdenlive-devel] Mantis bug pruning (how to become "closer")

[Mads Bondo Dydensborg]

torsdag 25 September 2008 skrev Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo:
> why not looking for being able to reproduce the bug in the KDE4 version?
> if it cant be reproduced, then bug is fixed

Yes, that may be a better way to go about it. I am not sure all bugs can even 
be reproduced, but perhaps I should try.

I closed 20 bugs yesterday, that were all filed against the KDE3 version, 
using this text:

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It appears this bug was filed against the KDE3/qt3 version of Kdenlive. This 
version is no longer supported, and this issue has been closed.

If you believe this is an error, or can reproduce this issue using the 
KDE4/qt4 version of Kdenlive, please file a new report.

If you have trouble building/obtaining the KDE4/qt4 version of Kdenlive, 
please consult http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Kdenlive/Getting_and_installing

You may especially be interessted in the Kdenlive Builder Wizard, available at 
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=85826 .
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If consensus is that they should be reopened, I will reopen them, and 
investigate further. Obviously, this will delay the process considerably.

At least one user was really annoyed with this approach:
http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=174

My main focus is to try to make the mantis database a more useful tool for 
tracking the status of the development. There are many, many bug reports 
that, IMHO, are lacking.

So, what should I do? Reopen and try to reproduce? Or?

Mads


> 
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:15 PM, jb <jb at kdenlive.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sunday 14 September 2008 10:57:34 Mads Bondo Dydensborg wrote:
> > > søndag 14 September 2008 skrev Jean-Michel Pouré:
> > > > > It seems the quality of the bug reports on
> > > > > http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis are
> > > > > below par in many cases. Would it be OK to start asking people for
> > > > > more
> > > > > information - and perhaps suggest that the bugs gets closed if 
people
> > > > > run the
> > > > > KDE 3 version?
> >
> > I agree that KDE3 version bugs should be marked as "won't fix", maybe with
> > a
> > small note saying that the bug is not applicable or cannot be reproduced 
on
> > the KDE4 version... also ok for me to ask more info or an update on bugs
> > that
> > lack info.
> >
> > > I wouldn't mind pruning out some obvious. Should I ask on this list, or
> > > directly to JB?
> >
> > to Mads:
> > I just changed your access rights on the Kdenlive's mantis  bug tracker, 
so
> > you should be able to close bugs.
> >
> > regards
> > jb
> >
> >
> >
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command.

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