documentation on Bugzilla bug lifecycle/developer procedures?

[Matt Domsch]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 05:36:23PM -0800, Eric Smith wrote:
> The unifdef package had become orphaned due to an FTBFS, 
> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=51153>.  I took it over, 
> updated it to the latest upstream code, verified that it builds with 
> Koji, and committed it.  I'm not sure what to do about the Status field 
> of the bug.  I looked for relevant documentation on the bug lifecycle or 
> practices in the Fedora wiki, but didn't really find anything useful.  
> Is there such documentation?  And if not, to what should I set the bug 
> status?

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FTBFS

has the process.  CLOSED RAWHIDE generally.

However, check if unifdef is really needed.  The kernel team knew it
was going to be orphaned, and said "that's OK, as the kernel tree has
its own copy that's maintained there." or somesuch.  If not, letting
it stay dead is fine - desireable in fact.

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux