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When I click the "Importance" label in a bug, the doc page https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/page.cgi?id=fields.html#importance doesn't explain the severities any more: - anchor #importance doesn't exist - Severity just says: How severe the bug is, or whether it's an enhancement. In 3.6, the severity field was fully described here: https://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-3.6-branch/page.cgi?id=fields.html#importance Furthermore, the Open Bugs statuses are wrong in the current doc (we still use NEW and ASSIGNED).
Can this please get fixed?
Ping!
Ping.
Ping ;-)
Copying the missing information here, so that I have one step less to look it up ... Severity This field describes the impact of a bug. blocker Blocks development and/or testing work critical crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak major major loss of function normal regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances minor minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present trivial cosmetic problem like misspelled words or misaligned text enhancement Request for enhancement
It seems the Importance label and severity descriptions were removed in the 4.2 version: https://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-4.2-branch/page.cgi?id=fields.html#importance I wonder why...
Seems the text was moved to another page, but seemingly removed altogether: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529201#c13
Any chance to fix this on our end? Users often set a wrong severity because they don't know what they mean, or change the priority field, even if they should not do so. In Eclipse we used the definitions from https://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-3.6-branch/page.cgi?id=fields.html for many years and they still hold.
Please...
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #9) > Please... One last try ;-) If you think you'll never do it, then please just close the bug as WONTFIX.
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #10) > (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #9) > > Please... > > One last try ;-) > > If you think you'll never do it, then please just close the bug as WONTFIX. I adjusted the wiki page: https://wiki.eclipse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ#What_is_the_difference_between_the_Bug_priorities.3F Given the age of this bug, maybe we should close it as WONTFIX? Even Markus and Danis frequent pings did not help in getting this solved.
Why WONTFIX? I'll fix this at some point. Or is there an expiry date on bugs? I do thing the "major" importance is wildly overblown though.
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant. -- The automated Eclipse Genie.
By now https://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-3.6-branch/page.cgi?id=fields.html no longer exists. We would have to point to https://wiki.eclipse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ#What_is_the_difference_between_Severity_and_Priority.3F
(In reply to Denis Roy from comment #12) > Why WONTFIX? I'll fix this at some point. Or is there an expiry date on > bugs? > > I do thing the "major" importance is wildly overblown though. That's true.
(In reply to Eclipse Genie from comment #16) > This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got > resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for > some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at > yet. > > If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add > it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that > you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug > is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant. > > -- > The automated Eclipse Genie. Not fixed yet.
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