[gnu.andrew at redhat.com: Re: OpenJDK 8u and Backport Bugs]

[Andrew Hughes]

On 17:45 Thu 17 Dec     , David Holmes wrote:

snip...
> 
> These "tags" (aka labels) create JBS pollution and email storms IMO. I don't
> want to see even more labels being applied to primary issues, when the label
> only relates to a specific backport - a backport issue is the place for
> that. And in the case of assignee we have a field for that so don't need a
> label/tag.
> 
> Thanks,
> David
>

Thanks for this feedback, David. I had a feeling backport-specific
labels on the parent bug might be a nuisance for others not working on
the backport, and this seems like a good opportunity to move those to
the backport bug.
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
OpenJDK Package Owner
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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