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EMF Facet/Bug Process

Bug process

The user reports a "bug"

  • Report a bug (where bug is a bugzilla item)
    • specify the version in which the bug appears

The project leader:

  • Mark the bug with one of the following priority:
    • P1: Urgent
    • P2: Has to be fixed before the next minor release
    • P4: Should be fixed before the next minor release
    • P5: No fix planned for the next minor release

P3 is the default priority value : reserved to indicate that the bug has not be prioritized.

The committer checks the bug report

  • If the version number is empty:
    • Ask the version to the user
  • Try to reproduce the bug
    • If the contributer cannot reproduce the bug
      • the bug mark the bug as "worksforme"
    • If the contributer can reproduce the bug
      • Adjust the version number to the oldest maintained branch on which the bug appears

The contributer proposes a patch

  • Create a git commit
    • containing:
      • the bug fix
      • the documentation update (including the "New and Noteworthly")
      • unit tests
    • and having a well-formed comment:
Bug %bug-id% - %bug-label%

Signed-off-by: %firstName% %lastName% <%e-mail%>

The committer reviews the patch

  • Assign the bug to himself
  • Do the code review and vote via Gerrit
    • Check that the copyright header is well-formed
    • The contributor sections have been updated
    • The commit message contains the "Signed-off-by"
  • Submit the path via Gerrit
  • Add a comment to the bug attachment indicating the commit id.
  • Mark the bug as "RESOLVED" "FIXED"
  • Set the "Target Milestone" field

The user checks the fix

  • Get the next milestone build (or integration build).
  • Check that the bug is fixed.
    • If the bug is fixed
      • Close the bug.
    • If the bug is not fixed
      • Reopen the bug.

The project leader cleans the bugzilla entries

  • Before the release (in May)
    • Close the bugs which have not be closed by the user.

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