Bug System Pilot Dev Workflow: DRAFT Accepted/Understood

[Iris Clark]

Hi, Georges.

> With the caveat that we should compare how the list of default JIRA status
> values compare so as to not introduce _unnecessary_ complexity, I would say
> that Open is a status, where evaluated, cause known, and Fix understood are
> all sub-status values -- 

In this area of the workflow, the default JIRA status are: New and Open.  They
have no substatuses.

The current proposal is: New, Open, and Evaluated (with substatuses Cause
Known, Fix Understood).  Thus, there is one additional status with a very 
limited number of substatuses that reflect the current usage.  

A bug may be moved to Open by anybody who considers themselves part of triage. 
This could include people who are not actually qualified to investigate and
apply a solution.  The criteria to move the bug from New to Open do not 
require technical depth.  

A bug is moved to Evaluated by a person who is qualified to make a judgment 
on the technical aspects of a solution.  The defined substatuses can be used
to refine the level of understanding of the problem. 

I don't think it's a good idea to combine these two status.

In the current DRAFT of the Developer Workflow (2011/12/13)

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iris/jira/JIRAforOpenJDK.html

for each status, there are three basic section of information:  the definition, 
the "Comes From" list, and the "Goes to" criteria.  I think each status also needs 
a "Who" to encapsulate the information that I've provided above.  If you read 
through the feedback, you'll see that others have requested similar documentation.

>                             <bikeshed> one that is missing is 'investigating'
> which would occur prior to evaluated, and there may be ones missing after Fix
> Understood as well such as Fix in progress etc.  </bike-shed>

Let's not increase the complexity of our workflow right now.  We can always
add substatuses if a strong argument for them comes up during the pilot.  We
can even add them after the system goes into production if necessary.  It's
much harder to remove them.

Thanks,
iris