BugWorkflow
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Goals for Ubuntu bug triage
- Isolate the following categories of bugs, which should be addressed by Ubuntu developers:
- Bugs which are specific to Ubuntu
Rationale: Either we created these bugs, and so they are our responsibility, or they are only manifest in our environment, in which case we are best equipped to diagnose them.
- Other bugs which are very severe or relate to core goals of Ubuntu
Rationale: These bugs justify the direct attention of Ubuntu developers because they jeopardize our mission of producing high-quality releases
- Bugs which are specific to Ubuntu
- Pass on all other categories of bugs to the appropriate party:
- Complete bug reports which affect upstream should be made the responsibility of upstream (forwarded)
Rationale: The upstream community is better equipped to fix these bugs, and the fix should eventually go upstream anyway, so it's best for it to be fixed there in the first place
- Incomplete bug reports should be made the responsibility of the reporter by requesting further information ("Needs info")
- Improper bug reports should be rejected
- Complete bug reports which affect upstream should be made the responsibility of upstream (forwarded)