From 36d22d82aa202bb199967e9512281e9a53db42c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 21:33:14 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 115.7.0esr. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- docs/bug-mgmt/guides/bug-types.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/bug-mgmt/guides/bug-types.rst (limited to 'docs/bug-mgmt/guides/bug-types.rst') diff --git a/docs/bug-mgmt/guides/bug-types.rst b/docs/bug-mgmt/guides/bug-types.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3626336de1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/bug-mgmt/guides/bug-types.rst @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Bug Types +========= + +We organize bugs by type to make it easier to make triage decisions, get +the bug to the right person to make a decision, and understand release +quality. + +- **Defect** regression, crash, hang, security vulnerability and any + other reported issue +- **Enhancement** new feature, improvement in UI, performance, etc. and + any other request for user-facing enhancements to the product, not + engineering changes +- **Task** refactoring, removal, replacement, enabling or disabling of + functionality and any other engineering task + +All bug types need triage decisions. Engineering :ref:`triages defects and +tasks `. Product management :ref:`triages +enhancements `. + +It’s important to distinguish an enhancement from other types because +they use different triage queues. + +Distinguishing between defects and tasks is important because we want to +understand code quality and reduce the number of defects we introduce as +we work on new features and fix existing defects. + +When triaging, a task can be as important as a defect. A behind the +scenes change to how a thread is handled can affect performance as seen +by a user. -- cgit v1.2.3